Yeni Valide Mosque

For the "Yeni Valide Camii" near the Galata Bridge in the Fatih district of Istanbul, see New Mosque (Istanbul).
Yeni Valide Mosque at Üsküdar
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Location within Istanbul
Coordinates41°01′29″N 29°00′54″E / 41.024787°N 29.015107°E / 41.024787; 29.015107
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman architecture
Groundbreaking1708
Completed1710
Minaret2

The Yeni Valide Mosque at Üsküdar (Turkish: Yeni Valide Camii) is an 18th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located south of Üsküdar İskele Square and Mihrimah Sultan Mosque. This mosque's construction was commissioned by Gülnuş Sultan near the end of Sultanate of Women period of Ottoman rule. It is the last of the many mosques built in Üsküdar by royal Ottoman women during this period. It was constructed under the administration of chief architect Kayserili Mehmed Ağa (d. 1742), though his role in its construction is unclear.

The külliye consists of a mosque, a hünkâr pavillion, an imaret, arasta, sıbyan mektebi, the tomb of Gülnuş Sultan, a courtyard shadirvan, a muvakkithane, external public water fountain, and administrative offices.

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