List of Turkish Grand Mosques
This is a list of Turkish Grand Mosques or Ulucami, a title originally given to the grandest Friday mosque of a Turkish city where local citizens traditionally gathered en masse for Friday Prayers,[1] though today it is common for Muslims in a single city to gather in several different mosques for these prayers.
Turkish Grand Mosques
Province | City | Name | Commissioner | Date |
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Istanbul | Fatih | Holy Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque[a] | Sultan Mehmed II | 1453 |
Kars | Kars | Kars Ulucami | Dilaver Pasha | 1643 |
Karaman | Ermenek | Ermenek Grand Mosque[3] | Mahmud Bey (of the Karamanids) | 1302–3AD (702AD) |
Kayseri | Bünyan | Bünyan Grand Mosque[4][5] | Zahireddin Mahmud | 1333 |
Kayseri | Kayseri | Kayseri Grand Mosque[6] | Melik Muhammed | 1134-1143 |
Erzincan | Erzincan | Gülâbi-bey Mosque[7] | Gülâbi Bey | 1486 |
Tokat | Tokat | Tokat Grand Mosque[8] | Danishmends | 1679 AD |
Tokat | Niksar | Niksar Grand Mosque[6][9] | Muineddin Süleyman Pervane | 1145/46 |
Tokat | Zile | Zile Grand Mosque[10] | Abu Ali | 1266-1267 AD (665 AH) |
Çankırı | Çankırı | Çankırı Grand Mosque[11][12] | Suleiman I | 1558 |
Bolu | Bolu | Bolu Ulucami | Bayezid I | 1390 |
Konya | Ereğli | Ereğli Ulucami | Karamanid Mehmet Bey | 1426 |
Konya | Akşehir | Akşehir Grand Mosque[13] | Kaykaus I | 1213 |
Konya | Konya | Konya Grand Mosque (Alaeddin Mosque)[14] | Alaeddin Keykubad | 1219-1220 |
Konya | Beyşehir | Eşrefoğlu Mosque | Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey | 1299 |
Çorum | Çorum | Çorum Grand Mosque[15] | Hayreddin | 1300s? |
Siirt | Siirt | Siirt Grand Mosque[16] | Mugīsüddin Mahmud bin Muhammed (Iraqi Seljuk ruler) | 1129 |
Muğla | Milas | Milas Grand Mosque[17] | Ahmed Gazi Bey | 1378 |
Muğla | Muğla | Muğla Ulucami | İbrahim of Menteşe | 1340 |
Edirne | Edirne | Edirne Old Mosque[18] | Mehmed I | 1414 |
Kastamonu | Kastamonu | Atabey Camii | 1273 | |
Kastamonu | Küre | Küre Grand Mosque[19] | Before 1465-66 AD (870 AH)*[b] | |
Hatay | Antakya | Antakya Grand Mosque[20] | Sultan Baybars I | 1271 |
Adana | Adana | Adana Ulucami | Halil Bey of Ramadanids-Piri Mehmet Pasha | 1513 |
Adana | Kozan | Hoşkadem Mosque[21] | 1448 | |
Kilis | Kilis | Kilis Ulucami | 1339 | |
Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Ömeriye Cami | 1210? | |
Batman | Hasankeyf | Hasankeyf Grand Mosque[22] | 1324 | |
Malatya | Malatya | Malatya Grand Mosque[23][c] | Kayqubad I | 1224 |
Bayburt | Bayburt | Bayburt Grand Mosque[25] | Mesud II | 1298 |
İzmir | Selçuk | Isa Bey Mosque | Aydinid İsa Bey | 1375 |
İzmir | Birgi | Birgi Grand Mosque[26] | Aydinids | 1311 |
İzmir | Bergama | Bergama Grand Mosque[27] | Bayezid I | 1399 |
İzmir | Ödemiş | Ödemiş Ulucami | Aydinid Mahmud Bey | 1311 |
İzmir | Tire | Tire Grand Mosque[28] | Aydınoğlu Cüneyd Bey | 1405-1426 AD |
Antalya | Antalya | Yivli Minare Mosque | Kayqubad I | 1230 |
Van | Van | Van Grand Mosque[29] | Qara Yusuf of Karaköy | 1389-1400 AD |
Van | Adilcevaz | Adilcevaz Ulucami | 1300-1500? | |
Afyon | Afyon | Afyon Grand Mosque[30] | 1272 | |
Ankara | Ankara | Arslanhane Ulucami | 1290 | |
Eskişehir | Sivrihisar | Sivrihisar Grand Mosque[31] | Cemaleddin Ali Bey | 1232 |
Eskişehir | Eskişehir | Eskişehir Ulucami | Kaykhusraw III | 1267 |
Samsun | Samsun | Samsun Ulucami | 1885 | |
Manisa | Manisa | Manisa Ulucami[32] | Muzafferüddin İshak Çelebi | 1366 |
Kahramanmaraş | Afşin | Afşin Grand Mosque[33] | Mehmed, son of Pir Ali, of the Danishmends | 1571 |
Kahramanmaraş | Elbistan | Elbistan Grand Mosque[34] | Mübarizüddin Çavlı | 1239-1240 |
Kahramanmaraş | Kahramanmaraş | Maraş Grand Mosque[35] | Süleyman Bey of the Dulkadirids | 1442-1454 |
Isparta | Isparta | Isparta Grand Mosque[36] | Kutlu Bey | 1429 |
Isparta | Eğridir | Eğridir Grand Mosque[37] | Hizir Bey | 1301-1302 |
Mardin | Mardin | Mardin Grand Mosque[38] | Artukids | 1176-77 AD (572 AH) |
Mardin | Kızıltepe | Kızıltepe Grand Mosque[39][40][41] | Ebü'l-Feth Artuk Arslan of the Artukids | 1204-1205 AD |
Bitlis | Bitlis | Bitlis Grand Mosque[42] | Artukids | 1126 |
Şanlıurfa | Şanlıurfa | Grand Mosque of Urfa[43] | Zengids | c.1190 AD |
Şanlıurfa | Harran | Harran Grand Mosque[44] | Marwan II | 744-750 |
Sinop | Sinop | Sinop Grand Mosque[45] | Muînüddin Süleyman Pervâne | 1268 |
Burdur | Burdur | Burdur Ulucami | Dündar Bey | 1299 |
Kütahya | Kütahya | Kütahya Grand Mosque[46][47] | Ottomans | 1410 |
Aksaray | Aksaray | Aksaray Grand Mosque[48] | Mehmet II of Karaman | 1408 |
Bursa | Bursa | Bursa Grand Mosque[49][d] | Beyazit I | 1396 |
Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır Grand Mosque[51][52] | Malikshah of Seljuks | 1091 |
Diyarbakır | Silvan | Silvan Grand Mosque[53] | Necmeddin Alpı bin Timurtaş of the Artukids | 1152-1157 AD (547-552 AH) |
Elazığ | Elazığ | Harput Grand Mosque[54] | Fahrettin Karaaslan of the Artukids | 1146 |
Mersin | Mersin | Mersin Ulucami | (Citizens) | 1898 |
Mersin | Tarsus | Tarsus Ulucami | Ibrahim of Ramazanoğlu | 1579 (?) |
Niğde | Niğde | Niğde Grand Mosque (Alâeddin Mosque)[55] | Beşâre bin Abdullah (Bey of the Seljuks) | 1223 |
Sivas | Divriği | Divriği Grand Mosque[56][57] | Ahmed of Mengujekids | 1228 |
Sivas | Sivas | Sivas Grand Mosque[6] | Kizilarslan bin İbrâhim | 1197 |
Uşak | Uşak | Uşak Grand Mosque[58] | Mehmed Bey | c.1419 AD |
Balıkesir | Balıkesir | Zagan Pasha Mosque[59] | Zagan Pasha | 1461 |
Şırnak | Cizre | Cizre Grand Mosque[60] | Ebü'l-Kāsım Mahmud Sencer Shah | 1160 |
Kayseri | Develi | Develi Grand Mosque (Lower)[61] | Mr Ali | 1730 |
Kayseri | Develi | Develi Grand Mosque (Upper)[62] | Nasrullah, son of Göçer Arslan | 1281 |
Erzurum | Erzurum | Erzurum Grand Mosque[63] | Nasreddin Aslan Mehmed | 1179 |
See also
- List of mosques in Turkey
- List of mosques in Istanbul
- List of mosques in Europe
- List of mosques in Asia
- Lists of mosques
- Islam in Turkey
Notes
- ^ Hagia Sophia represented the power of Christianity and Islam respectively under the ruling Byzantine and Ottoman empires. In the Turkish Republican period, the building has been subject to a new shift of meaning, representing the power of the new, modern, secular Republic and has been used as one of the means to convey its ideals. From being the Grand Mosque of the old capital, this imperial monument was converted into a museum during the early years of the Turkish Republic – another turning point in its history.[2]
- ^ It is understood from the foundation charter dated 870 (1465-66) of the mosque (Hoca Şemseddin Mosque) in the Câmi-i Kebîr district that it was built by Hoca Şemseddin before this date.[19]
- ^ The Malatya Grand Mosque holds a unique place in the history of Turkish art and architecture, whether for its layout, its dome design, or its embellishment.[24]
- ^ Bursa Grand Mosque is among the distinguished examples of early Ottoman religious architecture.[50]
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