List of mosques in Turkey
Appearance
This is a list of mosques in Turkey. As of March 2013, there were 82,693 mosques in Turkey. The province with the highest number of mosques (3,113) was Istanbul and the lowest number (117) was Tunceli Province.[1] This reflected an increase of mosques by 7,324 in the 10-year period since 2003.[1]
Name | Images | City | Year | Remarks |
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Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque | Ankara | 2013 | ||
Altunizade Mosque | Istanbul | 1865 | Ottoman mosque | |
Arap Mosque | Istanbul | 1856 | Based upon a former Roman Catholic church devoted to Saint Paul and Saint Dominic. | |
Aslanhane Mosque | Ankara | 1290 | ||
Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque | Istanbul | 1059 | ||
Atik Valide Mosque | Istanbul | 1583 | Ottoman mosque | |
Başdurak Mosque | İzmir | 1652 | built by Hacı Hüseyin. | |
Bayezid II Mosque | Istanbul | 1506 | Commissioned by Beyazıt II | |
Bebek Mosque | Istanbul | 1913 | commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730). | |
Bodrum Mosque | Istanbul | 10th century | ||
Burmalı Mosque | Istanbul | 1550 | Ottoman mosque | |
Bursa Grand Mosque | Bursa | 1420 | Largest mosque in Bursa | |
Çamlıca Mosque | Istanbul | 2019 | Post-Ottoman mosque | |
Defterdar Mosque | Istanbul | 1542 | Ottoman mosque, commissioned by Defterdar Nazlı Mahmut Efendi. | |
Dolmabahçe Mosque | Istanbul | 1855 | Ottoman mosque, commissioned by queen mother Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan | |
Emir Sultan Mosque | Bursa | 1868 | ||
Eski Imaret Mosque | Istanbul | Short before 1087 | ||
Eyüp Sultan Mosque | Istanbul | 1458 | The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | |
Firuz Agha Mosque | Istanbul | 1491 | 15th-century Ottoman mosque. | |
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | 1091 | ||
Green Mosque | Bursa | 1421 | "Green Mosque" commissioned by Mehmet I | |
Hacı Bayram Mosque | Ankara | 1428 | Ottoman mosque, built by Mehmet Bey. | |
Hagia Sophia | Istanbul | 537 | Converted after the Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II, became a public museum in 1935. In 2020, it was made again a mosque. | |
İsa Bey Mosque | İzmir | 1374 | One of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks. | |
Kocatepe Mosque | Ankara | 1987 | ||
Laleli Mosque | Istanbul | 1783 | by Sultan Mustafa III. | |
Little Hagia Sophia | Istanbul | 536 | ||
Menüçehr Mosque | Kars | 1086 | First mosque in the current borders of Turkey. Built by the Shaddadids. | |
Mersin Grand Mosque | Mersin | 1898 | ||
Mihrimah Mosque | Istanbul | 1565 | Commissioned by the daughter of Suleyman I | |
Mimar Sinan Mosque | Istanbul | 2012 | ||
Muğdat Mosque | Mersin | 1988 | ||
New Mosque | Istanbul | 1665 | Also known as Yeni Cami. | |
Nuruosmaniye Mosque | Istanbul | 1755 | Commissioned by Mahmut I, completed during the reign of Osman III | |
Ortaköy Mosque | Istanbul | 1854 | Officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii. The current mosque was built between 1854 and 1856. | |
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque | Istanbul | 1872 | Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul | |
Pertev Pasha Mosque | Izmit | 1579 | One of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks. | |
Red Minaret Mosque | Aksaray | 1221-1237 | built during the reign of Alaeddin Keykubad | |
Rüstem Pasha Mosque | Istanbul | 1563 | Commissioned by Rüstem Pasha | |
Sabancı Mosque | Adana | 1998 | ||
Salepçioğlu Mosque | İzmir | 1905 | Ottoman mosque, built by Salepçizade Hoca Ahmed Efendi. | |
Selimiye Mosque | Edirne | 1575 | Commissioned by Selim II | |
Sultan Ahmed Mosque | Istanbul | 1609–1616 | Largest mosque in İstanbul, commissioned by Ahmet I | |
Süleymaniye Mosque | Istanbul | 1557 | Second largest mosque of Istanbul, commissioned by Süleyman I | |
Şehzade Mosque | Istanbul | 1548 | Dedicated to Şehzade Mehmet (son of Suleyman I) | |
Tarsus Grand Mosque | Tarsus, Mersin | 1579 | ||
Üç Şerefeli Mosque | Edirne | 1547 | Commissioned by Murat II | |
Yavuz Selim Mosque | Istanbul | 1522 | Completed during the reign of Suleyman I, bears the name of Selim I | |
Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque | Istanbul | 1886 | Ottoman imperial mosque. | |
Yivli Minaret Mosque | Antalya | 1230 | Historical mosque built by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kay Qubadh I. | |
Zagan Pasha Mosque | Balıkesir | 1461 | ||
Zeyrek Mosque | Istanbul | Before 1136 |
See also
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in Turkey.
- List of Turkish Grand Mosques
- Islam in Turkey
- Lists of mosques
- List of mosques in Istanbul
- List of mosques in Europe
- List of mosques in Asia
References
[edit]- ^ a b How many mosques are there in Turkey? Haberturk.com