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List of mosques in Turkey

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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
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 Leaning Minaret 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

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