This mosque at Lüleburgaz was built between 1360 and 1363, in the reign of Murad I, by Hacı Ilbeyi in the name of his son Gazi Ali Bey. It stands opposite the Sokullu Mehmet Pasha bridge as you enter Lüleburgaz from the Edirne direction, built of stone brought from Pınarhisar, square in plan with a single minaret, and it is still open for prayer. Its repair inscription is dated 1744.
Its name is disputed, and the Ministry's page records the dispute: Bahri Berberogullari, in his work on the history of Lüleburgaz and the Gazi Ali Bey Mosque, argues from documents that the building's proper name is the Gazi Ali Bey Mosque rather than the Kadı Ali Mosque.
Getting there
- Access
- At the entrance to Lüleburgaz from the Edirne side, opposite the Sokullu Mehmet Paşa bridge.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kırklareli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3 °C in January to 23.9 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (70 mm) and lightest in August (21 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
