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Büyükçekmece Bridge

جسر بيوك جكمجة

Sinan's 1566–7 bridge for Süleyman the Magnificent across the Büyükçekmece inlet on the Marmara: four linked spans totalling 28 arches.

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Era
The Gunpowder Empires
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Anatolia
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Architecture

Summary

The Bridge of Süleyman the Magnificent at Büyükçekmece is among the most notable monuments on the Edirne–Istanbul road; Sinan erected it in 1566–7 where highway 100 crosses a huge inlet of the Marmara 1. It is a splendid structure of four linked spans with a total of 28 arches 2.

The roadside group

Five Ottoman monuments stand at Büyükçekmece: the oldest, Fatih Camii, built by Mehmet II soon after the conquest of Constantinople; the other four are all by Sinan — a caravansarai and this bridge for Süleyman, and a medrese and mescit for Sokollu Mehmet Pasha 1.

For young visitors

A bridge of twenty-eight arches Sinan built more than 450 years ago still carries the great west road.

Curatorial notes

  • Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), pp. 109–110 (Büyükçekmece).
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People and things also explored

Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh

Sources

  1. John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.109-110
  2. John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.110
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islam.museum contributors. “Büyükçekmece Bridge”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/buyukcekmece-bridge/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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