FOUNDER OF OUR UNIVERSITY

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University, T.R. It was established by the decision of the Foundations Council dated 25.08.2009 and numbered 487/406 of the General Directorate of Foundations and the law numbered 5981 dated 15.04.2010.

Founding (Seized) Foundations

- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han Foundation
- Sinan Agha bin Abdurrahman Foundation
- Nurbanu Valide Sultan Foundation
- Hatice Sultan Foundation
- Abdullahoğlu Hacı Abdulaziz Ağa Foundation

FATİH SULTAN MEHMET VAKIF UNIVERSITY FOUNDING FOUNDATIONS

Sultan II. Mehmed (Fatih Sultan Mehmed)

He is the seventh of the Ottoman sultans. He was born in Edirne in 1432. Sultan II. He is the fourth son of Murad. He was ascended to the throne by his father when he was twelve years old. Due to political and military developments, he left the throne and was sent to Manisa with his lalas as governor in 1444. During this period, he participated in some of his father's expeditions.

Sultan II. He ascended to the throne in Edirne in 1451 upon the death of Murad. His biggest goal was to take Istanbul. He had the Rumeli Fortress built in four and a half months in 1452. While the siege preparations were continuing, he informed the Byzantine Emperor to surrender the city. After a year of intensive preparations in Edirne, the great march began in February, and by the beginning of April, a large gathering was held in front of the land walls of Istanbul. The siege of Istanbul, which started on April 6, 1453, was completed on May 29, 1453.

The conquest of Istanbul was accepted as the beginning of the New Age by the Western world. Thanks to this conquest, Sultan II. Mehmed saw himself as the heir of the world empire and gained absolute power. The conquest of Istanbul was greeted with excitement throughout Europe. Pope Nicolas V wanted unity among the Italian states and invited all Christians under the Crusader flag.

Many of the Aegean islands, the Greek Empire of Trebizond and Bosnia were conquered. Karaman Principality and Crimea were annexed.

Sahn-ı Seman Madrasahs, which formed the basis of Istanbul University, were founded by him. Istanbul became the center of the state as well as a center of science.

Fatih Sultan Mehmed passed away on May 3, 1481. He is buried in his tomb in front of Fatih Mosque. Fatih, who wrote poems under the pseudonym Avni, was the first Ottoman sultan to have a divan.

Sinan Agha bin Abdurrahman (Architect Sinan)

He was born in Ağırnas village of Kayseri (1492). He is known as Mimar Koca Sinan. As a Janissary, he participated in the Belgrade and Rhodes campaigns. During the Moldavia campaign of 1538, he built a wooden bridge over the Prut river in a few days. On his return from the expedition, he was appointed chief architect of the palace. His first work as the chief architect was the Haseki Social Complex, which he built in 1539 in the name of Hürrem Sultan. His first important work was the Prince Complex (1548), which was built by Suleiman the Magnificent in memory of his son Prince Mehmed, who died at a young age. He left his mark on Istanbul with the Süleymaniye Social Complex (1550-1557).

Üsküdar Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (1547), Edirnekapı Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (1565), Kadırga Sokollu Mosque (1571), Kasımpaşa Piyale Pasha Mosque (1572), Edirne Selimiye Mosque (1574), Mağlova Aqueduct (1554-1563), Büyükçekmece and Drina Bridges are his other important works.

He created hundreds of works in a wide geography extending from the Balkans to the Middle East and Arabia. As Chief Architect, he served twenty-eight years during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent and II. Eight during the reign of Selim III. He served as chief architect for fourteen years during the reign of Murad II. It brought a new breath to Ottoman architecture. With the works of Koca Sinan, the classical style of Ottoman architecture was established and gained a wide richness of expression.

Sinan Ağa died in Istanbul in 1588. His grave is next to the Süleymaniye Social Complex. He had two daughters named Ümmühan and Neslihan and a son named Mehmed. His son passed away while he was alive. His wife was Mihri Hatun.

Mimar Sinan Ağa, a religious person, had a masjid and a primary school built in the district where he lived in Istanbul. He dedicated his house and shops while he was alive.

Nurbanu Valide Sultan

Sultan II. Selim's haseki, III. She is Murad's mother. She gave birth to five children, four of whom were girls. In 1566, II. With Selim's accession to the throne, she became Haseki as the mother of Prince Murad, and with her son's accession to the throne, she became the valide sultan. Sultan III. The great respect that Murad showed to his mother and the high salary allocated to her enabled the sultanate mother to become a powerful position within the dynasty.

Nurbanu Sultan gave importance to foundations and charity works. It is understood from her foundation certificate that she was a religious and charitable lady. He is especially known for the Atik Valide Mosque and Social Complex he built in Üsküdar, as well as the mosques, masjids, soup kitchens and baths he built in Mercan, Alemdağ and Langa in Istanbul. The social complex designed by Mimar Sinan consists of a mosque, madrasah, lodge, primary school, darülhadis, darülkurra, soup kitchen, tabhane, caravanserai, hospital and bath.

In his foundation deed, the needs of the social complex he established were considered down to the smallest detail, and it was even stated which dishes would be cooked in the imaret on special occasions such as holidays and religious holidays. The Sultan's library in the social complex is the first library established by a woman in the Ottoman Empire. In order to provide income for the mosque and social complex, the tax revenues of the Yeni İl district, which covers a large area in the south of Sivas, were given to the sultan, who then dedicated them to the mosque and social complex in Üsküdar.

Nurbanu Sultan died in Istanbul in 1583. Sultan II in the courtyard of Hagia Sophia. He is buried in Selim Tomb.

Hatice Turhan Sultan

Sultan Ibrahim's chief haseki, Sultan IV. She is Mehmed's mother. When she gave birth to Ibrahim's first prince, Mehmed, on January 1, 1642, she became chief haseki. In 1648, Abraham was dethroned and his son IV. When Mehmed became sultan at the age of seven, he received the title of valide sultan. Sultan IV. Apart from Mehmed, she had a daughter named Atike Sultan.

Turhan Sultan, whose influence increased with the death of Kösem Sultan in 1651, made Darüssaade Ağa Uzun Süleyman Ağa and Mekki Kalfa his advisors. With the suggestion of architect Kasım Ağa, he appointed Köprülü Mehmed Pasha as grand vizier with extraordinary powers in 1656.

Towards 1660 IV. Mehmed cut off his interest in politics because he was old enough to handle the affairs of the sultanate. He turned to charity work with the wealth he acquired from his friends. In 1660, he had the fortifications called "New Kal'alar" and a mosque built on the Dardanelles. He completed the construction of the New Mosque Complex in Istanbul, the foundations of which were laid by Safiye Sultan in 1598 but remained unfinished, in 1665. His health gradually deteriorated in the 1680s. He died on July 5, 1683.  He is buried in his tomb in the courtyard of the Yeni Mosque.

Hacı Abdulaziz Agha

He lived during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I. Hacı Abdülaziz Ağa, son of Abdullah, was a person living in the Ahmed Çavuş District of Milas town of Peçin District in Western Anatolia and donated his property in 1737-1739. According to what we learned from his foundation charter, he had a twenty-room madrasah built in Milas. Since the daily wage of the teacher is 60, it is understood that it is a madrasah with a population of 60. He donated his farm named Tekfur Anbarı to cover the expenses of this madrasah.