 Repairs started in 1964, and in 1976, the building was turned into a mosque.In 1980, a minaret and a sadirvan were built over the mosque.Muhammad Maarifi, a descendant of the prophet Muhammad, was born in Edirne (some say Egypt), and settled in Kartal during the late Ottoman period, where he founded the Maarifiyye Rifa'i Sufi order.