Hümâ Hatun Türbesi

Its three-lined epitaph board written in Arabic states that the construction of this mausoleum was ordered by Murad II and that it was built in 1449 by his son, Mehmet the Conqueror, for his mother, Hüma Hatun. It’s also known as the Ak Türbe, the White Mausoleum, or the Hatuniye Türbesi. Inside are hand-drawn 19th century ornaments. Huma Hatun’s sarcophagus is placed on a marble platform, of another sarcophagus it’s unknown who was buried there. Hatuniye tomb. Mehmet II Fatih, conqueror of Istanbul, built this tomb for his mother in 1449. Of the two sarcophagi inside one is Hatuniye’s, the other is of an unknown. I took a picture through an open window, the building being closed. The lady’s full name was Hatice Âlime Hüma Hatun. When she died in 1449, 49 years old, her son Mehmet II was seventeen. Although he is named on the building inscription as the initiator of the tomb, he was not the ruler at the time: his father Murad II had abdicated the throne to his 12-year-old son in 1444, but exterior threat and interior troubles made him return in power two years later. When Murad II died in 1451, Mehmet II became sultan again, this time definitively. The tomb was restored in 1601 and 1884. During a visit in 2018 another restoration had been executed.

Fotoğrafçı: Dosseman