List of mosques in Turkey explained

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]

Nameclass=unsortableImagesCityYearclass=unsortableRemarks
Ankara2013
Altunizade MosqueIstanbul1865Ottoman mosque
Arap MosqueIstanbul1856Based upon a former Roman Catholic church devoted to Saint Paul and Saint Dominic.
Aslanhane MosqueAnkara1290
Atik Mustafa Pasha MosqueIstanbul1059
Atik Valide MosqueIstanbul1583Ottoman mosque
Başdurak Mosqueİzmir1652built by Hacı Hüseyin.
Bayezid II MosqueIstanbul1506Commisiıned by Beyazıt II
Bebek MosqueIstanbul1913commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730).
Bodrum MosqueIstanbul10th century
Istanbul1550Ottoman mosque
Bursa Grand MosqueBursa1420Largest mosque in Bursa
Çamlıca MosqueIstanbul2019Post-Ottoman mosque
Defterdar MosqueIstanbul1542Ottoman mosque, commissioned by Defterdar Nazlı Mahmut Efendi.
Dolmabahçe MosqueIstanbul1855Ottoman mosque, commissioned by queen mother Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan
Emir Sultan MosqueBursa1868
Eski Imaret MosqueIstanbulShort before 1087
Eyüp Sultan MosqueIstanbul1458The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Firuz Agha MosqueIstanbul149115th-century Ottoman mosque.
Great Mosque of DiyarbakırDiyarbakır1091
Green MosqueBursa1421"Green Mosque" commissioned by Mehmet I
Hacı Bayram MosqueAnkara1428Ottoman mosque, built by Mehmet Bey.
Hagia SophiaIstanbul537Converted 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 Mosqueİzmir1374One of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks.
Kocatepe MosqueAnkara1987
Laleli MosqueIstanbul1783by Sultan Mustafa III.
Little Hagia SophiaIstanbul536
Menüçehr MosqueKars1086First mosque in the current borders of Turkey. Built by the Shaddadids.
Mersin Grand MosqueMersin1898
Mihrimah MosqueIstanbul1565Commissioned by the daughter of Suleyman I
Istanbul2012
Muğdat MosqueMersin1988
New MosqueIstanbul1665Also known as Yeni Cami.
Nuruosmaniye MosqueIstanbul1755Commissioned by Mahmut I, completed during the reign of Osman III
Ortaköy MosqueIstanbul1854Officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii. The current mosque was built between 1854 and 1856.
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan MosqueIstanbul1872Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul
Pertev Pasha MosqueIzmit1579One of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks.
Red Minaret MosqueAksaray1221-1237built during the reign of Alaeddin Keykubad
Rüstem Pasha MosqueIstanbul1563Commissioned by Rüstem Pasha
Sabancı MosqueAdana1998
Salepçioğlu Mosqueİzmir1905Ottoman mosque, built by Salepçizade Hoca Ahmed Efendi.
Selimiye MosqueEdirne1575Commissioned by Selim II
Sultan Ahmed MosqueIstanbul1609–1616Largest mosque in İstanbul, commissioned by Ahmet I
Süleymaniye MosqueIstanbul1557Second largest mosque of Istanbul, commissioned by Süleyman I
Şehzade MosqueIstanbul1548Dedicated to Şehzade Mehmet (son of Suleyman I)
Tarsus Grand MosqueTarsus, Mersin1579
Üç Şerefeli MosqueEdirne1547Commissioned by Murat II
Yavuz Selim MosqueIstanbul1522Completed during the reign of Suleyman I, bears the name of Selim I
Yıldız Hamidiye MosqueIstanbul1886Ottoman imperial mosque.
Yivli Minaret MosqueAntalya1230Historical mosque built by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kay Qubadh I.
Zagan Pasha MosqueBalıkesir1461
Zeyrek MosqueIstanbulBefore 1136

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.haberturk.com/yasam/haber/825261-turkiyede-kac-cami-var How many mosques are there in Turkey?