İstanbul · Fatih · Turkey

Çinili Köşk

hidden gem

Tiled Kiosk

MuseumHistoricgoogle verified

~30 min

easy

7/10

contemplative

A local would say...

The oldest Ottoman building in Istanbul — İznik tiles 150 years before the Blue Mosque

The oldest surviving Ottoman civil building in Istanbul — built in 1472 for Fatih Sultan Mehmet, now part of the Archaeology Museums complex. The İznik tile facade predates the famous Blue Mosque tiles by 150 years. Murat Belge describes it as 'the beginning of Istanbul's Ottoman aesthetic.'