 The gate was afterwards used as the women's entrance, and later fell into disuse, remaining permanently locked.In 1949, the imams stopped climbing to the minaret to read the adhan and started using loudspeakers instead.On 13 August 1954, the Mufti of Cyprus officially renamed the mosque "Selimiye Mosque", in honor of the Ottoman sultan Selim II, who headed the empire during the conquest of Cyprus.