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.[1]
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 , 1458Mahmut Pasha Mosque, Eminönü , 1463Fatih Mosque , 1470Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray , 1471Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1471Firuz Ağa Mosque , 1491Handan Agha Mosque , 15th centuryBayezid II Mosque , 1506Yavuz Selim Mosque , 1527/28Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1530–31Haseki Sultan Mosque , 1539Defterdar Mosque , 1542Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) , 1548Şehzade Mosque , 1548Burmalı Mescit Mosque (Burmalı Mescit Camii ), 1550Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque , 1551Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) , 1555Süleymaniye Mosque , 1558İskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlıca , 1560Rüstem Pasha Mosque , 1563Mihrimah Mosque , 1565Kara Ahmet Pasha Mosque , c. 1572 Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque , 1572Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque , 1577Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex , 1580Şemsi Pasha Mosque , 1581Atik Valide Mosque , 1583Molla Çelebi Mosque , 1584Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque , 1585Kırmızı Minare Mosque , probably 1591İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih , 15th or 16th centuriesBlue Mosque , 1616New Mosque , 1665Yeni Valide Mosque , 1710Nuruosmaniye Mosque , 1755Zeynep Sultan Mosque , 1769Büyükdere Kara Mehmet Kethüda Mosque , 18th centuryEmirgan Mosque , 1781Laleli Mosque , 1783Teşvikiye Mosque , 1794Selimiye Mosque, Üsküdar , 1805Muhammad Maarifi Mosque , 1818Nusretiye Mosque , 1826Küçük Mecidiye Mosque , 1843Dolmabahçe Mosque , 1855Ortaköy Mosque , 1856Altunizade Mosque , 1865Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque , 1872Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque , 1886Bebek Mosque , 1913
Post-Ottoman mosques
See also
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