Untitled - Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi

m) Portakal Mescidi / Portakal Prayer Room
Kocaeli'nin unutulan, sahipsiz kalan ve çürümeye terk edilmifl olan tarihi
miraslar›ndan biri olan Portakal Mescidi, asl›na uygun olarak Kocaeli
Büyükflehir Belediyesi taraf›ndan yeniden yap›lm›flt›r. 2009 y›l› Ramazan
ay›nda Kadir gecesi ibadete yeniden aç›lm›flt›r. ‹zmit Akçakoca Mahallesi'nde
bulunan Portakal Mescidi, Kocaeli'nin sembollerinden biri olarak biliniyor.
Ahflap iskelet üzerine y›¤ma tu¤la ile yap›lan Portakal Mescidi, her biri
45’er metre kare olmak üzere iki kattan olufluyor.
Portakal Mosque, one of the forgotten, old and derelict cultural heritages
of Kocaeli, is being rebuilt appropriately and accordingly by Kocaeli
Metropolitan Municipality. It was opened to religious services on the Night
of Decree during the month of Ramadan in 2009. Portakal Prayer Room
which is located in Akçakoca Neighborhood of ‹zmit is known as a symbol
of Kocaeli. The Prayer room was built from bricks piled up on a wooden
structure has two floors each of which has an area of 45 square meters.
n) Portakal Haf›z Kona¤› / Portakal Haf›z Mansion
Osmanl› Mebuslar Meclisi’ne ‹zmit Mebusu olarak kat›lan Haf›z Rüfltü
Efendi’ye ait bir konakt›r. Yüzünün yuvarlakl›¤› nedeniyle halk taraf›ndan
Haf›z Rüfltü Efendi’ye Portakal Haf›z lakab› verilmifl, sahip oldu¤u bu konak
yap›s› da "Portakal Haf›z Kona¤›" olarak adland›r›lm›flt›r. 19. yüzy›l Türk
konut mimarisinin birçok özelli¤ini üzerinde bulunduran yap›, kâgir yap›m
tekni¤inde iki katl› olarak infla edilmifltir. ‹ç sofal› bir plan düzenlemesine
sahip olan konak, ortada sofa, sofan›n etraf›nda da odalardan oluflmaktad›r.
Yap›n›n dikdörtgen formlu pencereleri ‹zmit evlerinin geleneksel özelliklerini
yans›tmaktad›r. Kona¤›n en dikkat çekici yönlerinden bir tanesi de genifl
saçaklar›d›r. Özellikle Karadeniz bölgesindeki geleneksel evlerde görülen
bu uygulama, geleneksel ‹zmit evlerinde de uygulanm›flt›r. Frans›z gazeteciyazar
Claude Farrare, Mustafa Kemal'le görüflmek için 1922 y›l›nda ‹zmit'e
geldi¤inde Portakal Haf›z Kona¤›'nda kalm›flt›r.
It is a mansion that belonged to Haf›z Rüfltü Efendi, who attended the
Ottoman Parliament as the deputy of ‹zmit. Haf›z Rüfltü Efendi was called
Portakal Haf›z (the Orange Haf›z) due to his round face and the mansion
was also named after him. The building contains many characteristics of
the 19th century Turkish resident architecture and it has two floors made
of stone. The mansion was arranged with an anteroom in the middle and
rooms surrounding it. The rectangular windows of the building reflect the
traditional structure of houses in ‹zmit. French journalist-author Claud
Farrare stayed in Portakal Haf›z Mansion when he came to see Mustafa
Kemal in 1922.
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