The building was put up in 1431 as a soup kitchen, by Koca Mehmet Paşa, one of the chief viziers of Murad II.
Its plan is that of the zaviye mosque, one of the characteristic building types of the early Ottoman period. It is in the centre of the Osmancık district.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Çorum as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.2 °C in January to 21.4 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (62 mm) and lightest in August (15 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
