Lonely Planet İstanbul Guide

The main entrance to the mosque is accessed from Professor Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi, formerly known as Tiryaki Çarşışı (Market of the Addicts). The buildings here once housed three medreses and a primary school; they’re now home to the Süleymaniye Library and a raft of popular streetside fasülye (bean) restaurants that were formerly teahouses selling opium (hence the street’s former name). On the corner of Professor Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi and Şifahane Sokak is the darüşşifa, also under restoration. The still-functioning Süleymaniye Hamamı is on the eastern side of the mosque. Türbes To the right (southeast) of the main entrance is the cemetery, home to the tombs of Süleyman and his wife Haseki Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana). The tile work surrounding the entrances to both is superb and the ivory-inlaid panels in Süleyman’s tomb are lovely.