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Istanbul , as the capital of the
Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the
Middle East , contains a great number of
mosques . In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul.
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Byzantine buildings
Zeyrek Mosque
Hagia Sophia
Yeni Valide Mosque
These
Byzantine structures were converted to mosques by the Ottomans.
Ottoman mosques
Laleli Mosque
Dome of
Şehzade Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (
Blue Mosque ) Courtyard
Mihrima Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque
Eyüp Sultan Mosque , 1458
Mahmut Pasha Mosque, Eminönü , 1463
Fatih Mosque , 1470
Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray , 1471
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1471
Firuz Ağa Mosque , 1491
Handan Agha Mosque , 15th century
Bayezid II Mosque , 1506
Yavuz Selim Mosque , 1527/28
Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1530–31
Haseki Sultan Mosque , 1539
Defterdar Mosque , 1542
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) , 1548
Şehzade Mosque , 1548
Burmalı Mescit Mosque (Burmalı Mescit Camii ), 1550
Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque , 1551
Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) , 1555
Süleymaniye Mosque , 1558
İskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlıca , 1560
Rüstem Pasha Mosque , 1563
Mihrimah Mosque , 1565
Kara Ahmet Pasha Mosque ,
c. 1572
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque , 1572
Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque , 1577
Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex , 1580
Şemsi Pasha Mosque , 1581
Atik Valide Mosque , 1583
Molla Çelebi Mosque , 1584
Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1585
Kırmızı Minare Mosque , probably 1591
İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih , 15th or 16th centuries
Blue Mosque , 1616
New Mosque , 1665
Yeni Valide Mosque , 1710
Nuruosmaniye Mosque , 1755
Zeynep Sultan Mosque , 1769
Büyükdere Kara Mehmet Kethüda Mosque , 18th century
Emirgan Mosque , 1781
Laleli Mosque , 1783
Teşvikiye Mosque , 1794
Selimiye Mosque, Üsküdar , 1805
Muhammad Maarifi Mosque , 1818
Nusretiye Mosque , 1826
Küçük Mecidiye Mosque , 1843
Dolmabahçe Mosque , 1855
Ortaköy Mosque , 1856
Altunizade Mosque , 1865
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque , 1872
Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque , 1886
Bebek Mosque , 1913
Post-Ottoman mosques
See also
References