The mosque was built in 1913 by a silkworm (Turkish: böcek, literally, "bug") breeder named Fatma Zehra.[1]
The mosque is constructed of cut stone on a rectangular plan with a wooden dome-like ceiling over the central area and a single minaret. The interior is decorated with multicolored floral, vegetal, and geometric motifs.[2] One of its calligraphic works is listed as stolen.[3]
The grave of Fatma Zehra is in the garden of the mosque.[4]
The Böcekli Mosque Fountain is an outlet of the Hamidiye water system. A cast-ironfountain was installed west of the mosque (now on Sinan Street, across Bayar Avenue) in the early 20th century.[5]
^"Tüccarbaşı Böcekli Cami" [Tüccarbaşı Böcekli Mosque]. Tarihi İstanbul (in Turkish). Tarihi İstanbul. 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^Dişören, N. Esra (1993). İstanbul'daki Ahşap Cami, Mescit ve Tekkeler [Wooden Mosques, Masjids, and Dervish Lodges of Istanbul] (PDF) (master's thesis) (in Turkish). Vol. I, Metin. İstanbul Üniversitesi. pp. 167–168. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^Çalınan Kültür Varlıkları [Stolen Cultural Assets] (Report) (in Turkish). T.C. Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü. 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2024.