It takes its name from the nickname of Halveti-Sünbuli Sheikh Merkez Muslihuddin Musa Efendi, whose tekke and tomb are located here and who passed away in 1551–1552. The mosque next to it was built by Shah Sultan, the daughter of Yavuz Sultan Selim. With 1,091 gravestones, it is the cemetery with the largest number of Ottoman-era gravestones outside the city walls. The gravestones here, the oldest of which dates to 1694–1695, belong to the 18th and 19th centuries and represent the middle class.1
1 The Great History of Istanbul, Historical Muslim Cemeteries, vol. 5, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Culture Inc., 2015.
