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State |
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| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Sultan Ahmed |
Blue Mosque |
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The Blue Mosque is one of the symbols of Istanbul. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Sultan Ahmed |
Aghia Sofia |
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Aghia Sofia, built in 548 as a Byzantine church and converted into a mosque in 1453. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Sultan Ahmed |
Aghia Sofia |
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The cathedral was converted into a mosque then a museum. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Sultan Ahmed |
Aghia Sofia |
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The domes with the Blue Mosque beyond. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Faberge signed model of a Crimean mosque. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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The Yeni Cami (New Mosque) dates from 1597. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Kariye Mosque |
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The red brick Kariye Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Kariye Mosque |
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The mosque was built as a church in 413. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Kariye Mosque |
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Mosaics dating from 1320 in the Kariye Mosque, built as a church in 413. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Suleyman Mosque |
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The Suleyman Mosque is set on a small hill. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Suleyman Mosque |
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The mosque was built by Suleyman the Magnificent. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Suleyman Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1557. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Fatih Mosque |
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The Fatih Mosque was rebuilt in 1771 after an earthquake. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Fatih Mosque |
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The original mosque was built in 1470 on the site of a church. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Rustem Pasha Mosque |
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The Rustem Pasha Mosque is hidden in a bazaar. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Rustem Pasha Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1561 and is covered with Iznik tiles. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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The city is dotted with many mosques. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Typical Ottoman mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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One of the many mosques in the city. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Walled mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Ottoman mosque set by a pool. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Iznik |
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Sancta Sophia |
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Sancta Sophia is a 6th century church converted to a mosque by the Ottomans. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Iznik |
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Yesil Mosque |
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The Yesil Mosque dates from 1492. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Iznik |
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Yesil Mosque |
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The mosque is set in a garden. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Emir Sultan Mosque |
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The Emir Sultan Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Emir Sultan Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1805. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Yesil Mosque |
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The Yesil Mosque dates from 1424. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Yesil Mosque |
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This is the earliest Turkish as oppsosed to Persian mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Yesil Mosque |
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The mosque has excellent stonework. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
Muradiye |
Muradiye Mosque |
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The Muradiye Mosque dates from 1462. Many Ottoman princes are buried within its grounds. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
Muradiye |
Muradiye Mosque |
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One of the tombs in the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The mosque is in Seljuk style. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The Ulu Mosque dates from 1396. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Yildirim Beyazit Mosque |
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The Yildirim Beyazit Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
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Yildirim Beyazit Mosque |
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The mosque was built in 1391. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bursa |
Uludag |
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Isolated mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bergama |
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Red Basilica |
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The building later became a Byzantine church then an Ottoman mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Izmir |
Konak Square |
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The Konak Mosque dates from 1748. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Selcuk |
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Ayasoluk Fortress |
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Brick mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Selcuk |
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Isa Bey Mosque |
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The Isa Bey Mosque (1307). |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Bodrum |
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Mosque by the marina. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Milas |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The Ulu Mosque dates from 1378. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Milas |
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Ulu Mosque |
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Children at the entrance of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Milas |
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Orhan Bey Mosque |
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The Orhan Bey Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Milas |
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Orhan Bey Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1330. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
Yivli Mosque |
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The minaret was added to a Byzantine church converting it into a mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
Yivli Mosque |
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Two muezzin (men who call Muslims to prayer) in the garden of a mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
Yivli Mosque |
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The domes of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
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Kesik Minare is a topless minaret from a mosque dating from the 1500s. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
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Ruins of a 2nd century Roman temple converted to a Byzantine church (6th century) and into a Seljuk mosque (13th century) and a Cypriot church (1361). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
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Sitting in a square at the Tekeli Pasha Mosque. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
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Metal worker with a mosque decoration. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
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Two minarets, a mosque, a Byzantine church and a clock tower over the old city. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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The minaret of the Oplikci Mosque, Konya's oldest dating from 1202. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Aziziye Mosque |
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The Aziziye Mosque (1874) is one of many mosques in Konya. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Sahip Ata Mosque |
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The Sahip Ata Mosque dates from 1283. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Sahip Ata Mosque |
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The mosque is Seljuk with Persian influences. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Alaettin Mosque |
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The Alaettin Mosque dates from 1221 and is built with a mixture of Arab and Persian styles. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ince Mosque |
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The Ince Mosque is the most beautiful in the city and dates from 1258. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ince Mosque |
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Elaborate decoration over the entrance of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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The city has many mosques of different ages and styles. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ottoman style mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Shemsi Tabrizi Mosque |
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The Mosque of Shemsi Tabrizi dates from 1242. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Cappadocia |
Zelve |
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Mosque and houses. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Cappadocia |
Uchisar |
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Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Kursunlu Mosque |
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The entrance to the Kersunlu Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Kursunlu Mosque |
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The Ottoman style mosque dates from 1585 and is overlooked by Mount Erciyes. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Ulu Cami |
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The Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) dates from 1205. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Huant Hatun Mosque |
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The Huant Hatun Mosque dates from 1228. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Ankara |
Old City |
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The minaret of the Aslanhane Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Ankara |
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The Haji Bayram Mosque was built over a Byzantine church. The church was built on the site of a Phrygian temple. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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The Gokmedresse Mosque and school date from 1276. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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View from the roof of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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Three boys on the mosque roof. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The Sultan Beyazit Mosque is the largest in the old city. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1486. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The mosque is overlooked by Pontic tombs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
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Mosque by the cliffs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Beyazit Pasha Mosque |
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The Beyazit Pasha Mosque is in Bursa style. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Beyazit Pasha Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1419. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Trabzon |
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Friday prayer at the 16th century Gulbahar Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Trabzon |
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Aghia Sophia Church |
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Aghia Sophia is a 13th century Greek church that was later turned into a mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Yakutiye Mosque |
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The octagonal Yakutiye Mosque dates from 1310. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Yakutiye Mosque |
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The mosque was built by the Mongols. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Cifte Minareli Medresi |
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The Cifti Minareli Medresi is a mosque and school. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Dogubeyazit |
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Isak Pasa Serai |
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The Complex contains a mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Dogubeyazit |
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Isak Pasa Serai |
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Small settlement and mosque at 1520m from Isak Pasa Serai. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
Van Fort |
Tushpa |
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Kaleici Mosque (left), the ruins of Ulu Mosque (1390) and Kayachelebi Mosque (1592) on the right. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
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Tushpa |
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Kayachelebi Mosque (1592). |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
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Tushpa |
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Kaleici Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Ahlat |
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Walled mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Bitlis |
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Abandoned Seljuk style mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The Ulu (Grand) Mosque with its distinctive minaret. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The mosque is the oldest in Anatolia, dating from 639. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
|
Ulu Mosque |
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The mosque was once St Thomas's Church and was converted by the Arabs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Safa Mosque |
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The upper part of the minaret of the Safa Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Safa Mosque |
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The ornate minaret of the Safa Mosque (1532). |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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The Nebi Mosque has an Arabic style square minaret. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Melak Ahmed Mosque |
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The Arabic style Melak Ahmed Mosque dates from the 16th century. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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The Behram Pasha Mosque dates from 1572. |
1986 |
were added from 1 January 2023.