The construction of the new mosque was completed between 1660 and 1665 AD. It is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul and overlooks the Golden Horn in the southern part of the Galata Bridge. The construction of the mosque began in 1597 by order of Safiya Sultan, the wife of Sultan Murad III, and the Eminönü neighborhood The city's first commercial center and home to the majority of the Jewish population, and by placing the mosque there, Safiya Sultan hoped to expand Islamic influence within the city.