Selçuk Hatun

Selçuk Hatun (; 140725 October 1485) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I and one of his concubines, Kumru Hatun. She was the half-sister of Sultan Murad II.

Early life Selçuk Hatun was born in 1407 in Merzifon. Her father was Mehmed I and her mother was the concubine Kumru Hatun.

Due to Ottoman Interregnum, her father resided in the different places. After the political turmoil ended with her father defeating his brothers in 1413, he finally succeeded the throne and Selçuk Hatun moved to Edirne in the Edirne Palace and spent her childhood years there. After her father's death in 1421, her older half-brother Murad II succeeded to the throne and she moved to Bursa.

Marriages In 1425, her brother arranged her marriage to Taceddin Ibrahim II Bey, he was the son of Candaroğlu İsfendiyar Bey, the ruler of Kastamonu and Sinop. On 22 June 1481, Bayezid managed to throw Cem off the throne and succeeded to the throne and he was exiled to Naples, where he died. Selçuk Hatun returned to Bursa, where she spent her remaining years. In Edirne, she constructed another mosque in her name. She contributed exclusively in the development of Edirne.

In Bursa, she had also built an imaret where fresh food was served to the poor. She constructed a bridge on the Nilüfer Creek on the road route from Bursa to Karacabey. She also constructed the "Selçuk Hatun Lodge", where money was donated daily for charity purposes, under the auspices of Hacı Halife. She also commissioned a tomb in Kastamonu, where her children had been buried after their deaths.

Selçuk Hatun constructed another mosque in her name in Istanbul, and was constructed during the reign of her nephew, Mehmed. The mosque was burnt down due to fire, and was later reconstructed by Abbas Ağa, in the sixteenth century. In 1956, it was again demolished as a result of widening of the area, but later rebuilt by Ali Saim Ülgen in 1964.

Death In 1484, Selçuk Hatun fell extremely ill, therefore Bayezid II had sent Yakut, the renowned physician in the empire to treat her but to no avail.

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