Tomb of Turhan Hatice Sultan

The Tomb of Turhan Sultan (Turkish: Turhan Sultan Türbesi) is the mausoleum of five Ottoman sultans, located at Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1663 for Turhan Sultan, first Haseki of Sultan Ibrahim and mother of Sultan Mehmed IV.

The tomb is situated on the corner of Bankacılar St. and Yeni Cami St. in Eminönü quarter of Fatih in Istanbul. It was built in 1663 for Turhan Sultan (c. 1627–1683). She was the first Haseki Sultan of Sultan Ibrahim (reigned 1640–1648) and the mother and Valide Sultan of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). The tomb was built as part of the New Mosque complex, of which construction was started in 1598 by Safiye Sultan (c. 1550 – c. 1619), the Haseki of Sultan Murad III (r. 1574–1595), the Valide Sultan of Sultan Mehmed III (r. 1595–1603) as well as the grandmother of Sultans Ahmed I (r. 1603–1617) and Mustafa I (r. 1617–1618, 1622–1623), and completed by Turhan Hatice Sultan in 1665. The tomb contains 44 graves in total. In addition to Turhan Sultan, five sultans, Mehmed IV, Mustafa II (r. 1695–1703), Ahmed III (r. 1703–1730), Mahmud I (r. 1730–1754) and Osman III (r. 1754–1757), rest in the tomb. Other notables are Şehzades and Sultanas...