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Çınarlar Mosque stands in central Giresun and has been on the register of protected cultural property since a decision of 14 February 1986. Work on it started in 1888, at the same time as the nearby tomb of Seydi Vakkas, under the lead of a local notable, Hacivehbizade Ali Ağa, but it was not opened for prayer until 1896. The earthquake of 1939 brought down the original main dome; rather than rebuild it the community roofed the hall flat with tiles, and the mosque was put back into use by Sarialemdarzade Ahmet Efendi and Feridunzade Hasan Muharrem Efendi. A partial restoration followed in 1996.
The building is cut stone on a rectangular plan, and both the interior and the outer walls are deliberately plain. The north front is taken up by the porch, divided into three bays by four stone columns carrying round arches; the door between the two middle columns is the main way in, and three arched windows sit above. On the other faces the lower windows are rectangular and the upper ones have horseshoe arches. There are two doors, one on the east and one on the north. The mosque is in the Çınarlar quarter on Çınar Sokak, easy to reach on foot or by car from the centre of town.
