 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panenge pakati pezana ramakore rechipfumbamwe, Mambokadzi Thekla, mwanasikana mukuru waMambo Theophilus akawedzera imba duku yokunamatira, yakatsaurirwa kumutsvene wake uye zita rake, riri kumabvazuva kweChechi yeTheotokos yeBlachernae. Muna 1059 panzvimbo iyi, Mambo Isaac I Komnenos akavaka chechi yakakura zvikuru, somutoo wokupukunyuka tsaona yokuvhima. Chechi yacho yakanga yakakurumbira nokuda kworunako rwayo, uye Anna Comnena anonyora kuti amai vake, Anna Dalassena, vaiwanzoenda ndokunyengetera imomo. Pashure pokukunda Constantinople kwevaOttoman, chivako chakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukudengenyeka kwenyika kwa 1509, uko kwakaparadza dome. Nguva pfupi pashure pacho, Kapicibaşi uye gare gare Grand Vizier Koca Mustafa Pasha, akaurayiwa muna 1512, akagadzirisa zvakaparadzwa uye akashandura chechi kuva mosque. Kusvikira pakupera kwezana ramakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe, Hamam, yakaiswa kumaodzanyemba kwechivako, yaivewo yenheyo yemusikiti. Muna 1692, Şatir Hasan Ağa akavaka tsime pamberi pemusikiti. Muna 1729, panguva yeMoto mukuru weBalat, chivakwa chakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya uye chakagadziriswa makore akati gare gare. Yakakuvadzwa zvakare panguva yekudengenyeka kwenyika kweIstanbul muna 1894, iyo yakaparadza minareti, uye yakavhurwazve kunamatira muna 1906. Kudzorerwa kwokupedzisira kwakaitika muna 1922. Pachiitiko ichocho, chidhinha chokubhabhatidza chemavara emarble chakaunzwa kuIstanbul Archaeology Museum. Mukati mekumaodzanyemba kwechivako pane türbe guva inonzi Hazreti Cabir Jabir Ibn Abdallah-ül-Ensamı, mumwe wevafambidzani vaEyüp, akawira padyo muna 678 panguva yekukombwa kwekutanga kweArab kweConstantinople. 