UKRAYNA’DA BIR HASEKI SULTAN CAMISI VE YADIGÂR KALAN MINBERI

A Haseki Sultan Mosque in Ukraine and Its Minbar as Its Reminder

After the conquest of Kamaniçe in 1672, one of the catholic churches inthe city was converted into a mosque in the name of Haseki Gülnuş Sultan,who was the favourite of Mehmed IV. This building could only functionuntil 1699; after then, it was reconverted into its original function, andtoday, it is still being used as St. Nicholas Church. This article examinesthis short lived and long forgotten Ottoman mosque, revives the minbar ofit that is still present inside the church, and studies the significance of thisconversion which was uniquely carried out in the name of a haseki.