Türbe of Şeyh Vefa, Istanbul

'The Vefa district on the Third Hill takes its name from a small mosque called Vefa Camii. The original mosque was built before 1491 but was utterly destroyed and replaced by the present structure in the 1970s; all that remains of the original foundation is the türbe of its founder Şeyh Muslihiddin Vefa, dated A.H. 896 (1491). His külliye included, besides mosque and türbe, an imaret, a primary school, a caravanserai and a hamam.' ¹

"Şeyh Vefa was one of the most renowned scholars of his time, said to be versed in all seventy sciences of Islam; but early in life he decided to devote himself entirely to the poor, founding this külliye where the poor of the district — still known as Vefa — could find food and shelter. He became one of Istanbul's most popular folk-saints, and pious locals still come to pray at his türbe." ¹