step higher than the gallery floor and are entered by a flat-arch door. The student room interiors have barred windows facing to the courtyard and arched niches. The domes of the rooms are connected at the interior by vaulted muqarnas. At the middle of the southeastern facade is a mihrab which was added in a later time. A two-story annex with a big dome is situated at the southeastern side of the medrese. It has two rectangular barred windows in the ground floor and three arched windows on the floor above. It is believed that the chamber at the southern corner was a bath or a kitchen due to its different type of roof. References Buildings and structures in Istanbul Buildings and structures completed in 1551 1551 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Buildings and structures of the Ottoman Empire Mimar Sinan buildings Madrasas in Turkey Fatih Museums in Istanbul 16th-century madrasas