Similar Posts
![Nuruosmaniye Mosque](https://istanbul.gottagoturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Nuruosmaniye-Mosque-768x432.jpg)
Nuruosmaniye Mosque
The Nuruosmaniye Complex, situated in the heart of Istanbul near the historic Grand Bazaar, is a significant edifice constructed in the first half of the 18th century by Sultan Mahmud I and later completed by his brother, Sultan Osman III. The foundation of this structure was laid on January 19, 1749, and it was completed…
![Grand Mecidiye Mosque (Ortaköy Mosque)](https://istanbul.gottagoturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Grand-Mecidiye-Mosque-Ortakoy-Mosque-768x458.jpg)
Grand Mecidiye Mosque (Ortaköy Mosque)
The Ortaköy Mosque, also known as the Grand Mecidiye Mosque, is a prominent 19th-century mosque located at the northern end of the Ortaköy Square in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The site originally hosted a mosque constructed in 1721 by Vezir İbrahim Paşa’s son-in-law, Mahmud Ağa, and later renovated around the 1740s by Mahmud Ağa’s…
![Küçük Ayasofya Mosque (Little Hagia Sophia Mosque )](https://istanbul.gottagoturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Kucuk-Ayasofya-Mosque-Little-Hagia-Sophia-Mosque--768x508.jpg)
Küçük Ayasofya Mosque (Little Hagia Sophia Mosque )
Originally built around 530 AD by Emperor Justinian, who also commissioned the Hagia Sophia. It was known as the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus.
![Çinili Mosque (literally the Tiled Mosque)](https://istanbul.gottagoturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Cinili-Mosque-literally-the-Tiled-Mosque-768x748.jpg)
Çinili Mosque (literally the Tiled Mosque)
The Çinili Mosque, also known as Orta Valide Mosque or Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan Mosque, is a historic mosque from the Ottoman period, located in the Murat Reis neighborhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul. The mosque was commissioned by Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan, the wife of Sultan Ahmet I. Construction began in 1638 and was…
The Chora Mosque (Kariye Camii)
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque (Turkish: Kariye Camii) is a medieval Greek Orthodox church building, mostly used as a mosque since the 16th century