Sultan Mehmet “the Conqueror” built an altar (means mihrap in Turkish) on the east side, and the brick minaret on the south-east corner of edifice.A minaret is added on the north-east corner, in the term of Sultan Bayezid (1484 – 1512)
The famous Turkish architect Sinan (Koca Sinan) built two minarets in front of the Ayasofya Mosque.
During the reign of Murad IV, the pulpit (means minber in Turkish) and preacher’s pow (means müezzin mahfili in Turkish) were added.
A library and a primary school (called Mekteb-i Sibyan in Ottoman Empire) were built by Sultan Mahmud I, in 1739.
Sultan Abdulmecit (1833 – 1861) added the present day Imperial Pew in 1850. Mosque was repaired by Swiss architect Gaspare Fossati in the same term. Many big changes were performed. A horologion was built to the south of the Ayasofya.
In 1935, according the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s (the founder od the Republic of Turkey) orders, Ayasofya Mosque was converted into a museum.
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