Eyüp is located in europe site of İstanbul. Eyüp takes its name from the tomb of Eyyub al Ensari. Eyüp is the place just beyond the land walls along the shores of Haliç, the houses the mosques, tombs and cemeteries of some significant personage of the Islamic religion.

The holy character of Eyüp was established hundreds of years ago. During the Byzantine Period there were monastery churches on the grounds, none of which has survived. One of reasons they disappeared lies in the fact that those areas out of the city walls were devastated during each siege the city was subjected to and military battles that devastated any building in the vicinity. After the Ottoman conquest of İstanbul, Eyüp was rebuilt and it eventually look on its present aspect.

Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
Eyüp Sultan Mosque