Located by the entrance to Istanbul's university, Beyazit Camii is of the oldest mosques in the city and the oldest surviving imperial mosque.

The Beyazit Camii was built between 1501 and 1506 using materials taken from Theodosius's Forum of Tauri, on top of which it was constructed.

Again, the architect of Beyazit Camii looked to the Ayasofya for inspiration, employing a central dome buttressed by semi-domes and a long nave with double arcades, although the mosque is half the size of the church.

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