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 As the New Mosque is located busiest center of Istanbul, known to have the most crowded congregation. The initial name for the mosque was 'New Queen Mother Mosque', as another mosque was already existing with the name of 'Queen Mother' in the Asian side of the city. After some time the name 'The New Mosque (Yeni Cami)', was only used by dropping 'queen mother'.
Its construction took much longer among all other mosques in Istanbul. It lasted for 66 years. Architect Davut Pasha had begun the construction with the order of Safiye Sultan, mother of Mehmet III and wife of Sultan Selim II.
The construction was interrupted between 1605-1661 firstly because of the architect's death, and then lack of finance. Architect Dalgıç Ahmet Çavuş and architect Kasım Agha are known to have continued the construction.
During the construction, the sea was only three meters from the podium on which the mosque was built. Therefore, the construction required a serious knowledge and experience of engineering.
One of the reasons of the prolonging of the constructions was the engineering problems occurred in its foundations. Besides, there had been earthquakes and fires which prevented the construction from being completed.
When the mosque was opened to prayer, the Sultan, queen mother, viziers and scholars participated to the opening prayer, when gold and silver coins were distributed to the public.
The height of the main dome is 36, diameter is 17,S m. The colored glasses, the mother of pearl inlayed on the windows and doors are elegant samples of Ottoman art. Over all windows are verses from the Holy Book Quran.
The tiles inside the mosque do not have the quality of the previous mosques. The Sultan's Lodge to the left leans to the famous yellow column.
New Mosque has five entrance doors. One of these opens to the courtyard. Around the courtyard is a portico with 2't domes built upon 20 columns. In the middle of the square courtyard adjacent to the mosque is an elegant octagonal fountain.
The mosque has two minarets on its side facing the courtyard, Each minaret has 3 balconies.
Situated at the southern end ol Galata Bridge, the New Mosque is one of the most prominent mosques in tire city. Ii dates from the time when a few women from the harem became powerful enough to chelate the policies of the Ottoman sultans . The mosque was started in 1597 by Safiye, mother of Mehmet III, but building was suspended on the sultan's death as his mother then lost her position. It was not completed until 1663, after Turhan Hadice, mother of Mehmet IV, had taken up the project. 
Though the mosque was built after the classical period of Ottoman architecture, it shares many traits with earlier imperial foundations, including a monumental courtyard. The mosque once had a hospital, school and public baths.
The turquoise, blue and white floral tiles decorating the interior are from İznik and date from the mid-17th century, though by this time the quality of the tiles produced there was already in decline. More striking are the tiled lunettes and bold Koranic frieze decorating the porch between the courtyard and the prayer hall.
At the far left-hand corner of the upper gallery is the sultan's loge , which is linked to his personal suite of rooms . Yeni Mosque is located in Eminönü Square next to the Egyptian Spice Bazaar. It is at the centre of a complex and has a striking place in the skyline of Istanbul . Construction of the mosque was started in honour of Sultan Mehmed Ill's mother and Sultan Murad Ill's wife Safiye Sultan in 1597. The architect, Architect Davud Ağa, began working on the design of the mosque until Dalgıç Ahmed Aga took over after 1598. The mosque was only half-finished when Sultan Ahmed I came to the throne. It was abandoned for nearly fifty years, during which the houses of the Jewish community surrounding it become so numerous that it was referred to as "Zulmiyye" or "the wronged". Construction began again at the initiative of Sultan Mehmed IV's mother, Hatice Turhan Sultan, in 1661. It was completed in 1663, with Mustafa Ağa as the architect.
The complex contained a mosque, a primary school, fountains, the summer house of the sovereign and a mausoleum. All but the primary school are standing today. Due to the widening of roads around the mosque the outer courtyard was removed. On the side of the Egyptian Bazaar is an inner courtyard containing 18 pillars, 21 domes, three doors and a beautiful reservoir for ablutions. The area for late-arriving worshippers has eight pillars, nine domes and is covered with glazed tiles up to the base of the windows on the second floor. Above the windows can be seen the calligraphy of Hattat Tenekecizade Mustafa Çelebi. To the left and right are two minarets each with three galleries. The mosque is entered by a flight of steps through three separate doors. It has a square plan. The main dome rests on four half-domes as well as four arches and four elephant feet decorated with glazed tiles. There are a total of 66 domes, including four in the corners and those on the side of the mausoleum and bridge, which are surrounded by columns. The mosque niche and pulpit are made of white marble, and the left of the niche is decorated with a mosaic of gems. The summer house is said to have been built for Turhan Sultan and is a striking structure exhibiting all the characteristics of a classic Turkish house. It was positioned in such a way as to ensure one of the finest panoramic views in the city. The structure has a living room, or salon, and three other rooms. The walls are covered with valuable İznik glazed tiles. The woodwork is inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl. It was used as a storeroom until 1948, restored between 1948-1966 and opened as a museum in 1967.
The complex includes the mausoleum of Hatice Turhan Sultan, in which five sultans and a large number of royally make up the largest burial sue of the bloodline of the Ottomans. Besides Hatice Turhan Sultan, there are the graves of Sultan Mehmed IV, Sultan Osman III, Sultan Mustafa II, Sultan Ahmed III and Sultan Mahmud I. The dome which covers the mausoleum has a diameter of more than 15 meters.
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