1909 | 1325 Suadiye Mosque

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Suadiye 

1909

Suadiye camii

It is one of the districts formed thanks to the İzmit railway completed in 1873. It is named after the Suadiye Mosque,  was built in 1909 by  Reşad Pasha, one of the ministers during the reign of Abdul Hamid II.

Ahmed Reşad Pasha had this mosque built in memory of his daughter Suad Hanım who died at a young age, and after the construction of the mosque, this area began to be called Suadiye.[1]

Ahmed Reşad Pasha had a summer residence near Kozyatağı which was also used as a restaurant for a while. This mosque was built in 1909.

Suadiye Mosque was built on a square plan with a single dome. Its exterior and minaret are made of Maltese stone. Its interior walls are covered with tiles, and the mihrab, pulpit and rostrum are made of marble. This mosque, which has a single minaret and a single balcony, has a fountain and a fountain in its garden.

Reading of the Inscription of Suadiye Mosque:

During the happy times of Hazrat Sultan Hamid,
Such good and blessed things appear
This temple became a historical mosque
May God continue with thousands of works and prayers.
1325

[1] According to the records of the TCDD 1st Regional Directorate, the station building, which was built in 1910 and registered as a historical building requiring preservation in 2004, also has a Suadiye sign. 

Suadiye was initially a place preferred by palace officials and influential people who were looking for peace and did not want to be in the public eye, due to its difficult access and remoteness. Separated from İçerenköy in 1914 and granted neighborhood status, Suadiye later became accessible by ferry with its pier as well as trains, by buses with the completion of the Selamiçeşme-Bostancı asphalt road in 1930, and by tram with the opening of the Kadıköy Bostancı tram line in October 1934; it became a neighborhood with increasing popularity and population with its beach and casino, and for a long time, it was a place where famous groups and artists gave concerts at the beach casino and pine grove park, and many charities, especially the Kızılay Kadıköy Branch, organized special nights to raise funds.