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Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii [1] (Turkish: Büyük Mecidiye Camii, lit. 'Great Mosque of Sultan Abdulmejid') in Beşiktaş , Istanbul , Turkey , is a mosque situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus .
The mosque was built by the Ottoman ruler Orhan (known as Orhan Gazi) and is dated to 1339–40 AD (740 AH), [2] [3] as attested by a surviving Arabic inscription over the gate. [2] The mosque was damaged by fire during the siege of Bursa by the Karamanid ruler Mehmed II in 1413, with front façade and portico being destroyed. [ 3 ]
To practice their religious duties, the church was converted into a mosque in around 1380 by the Ramazanoğlu Bey Şihabeddin Ahmed and was re-named the Grand Mosque (tr=Ulu Camii). From early 16th century, the mosque was known as Eski mosque (English: Old mosque), after the construction of the larger Ulu Camii. The mosque was renovated in 1501 ...
Interior of the Ortaköy Mosque. Ortaköy Mosque is a particularly beautiful Neo-Baroque structure right beside the Bosphorus and visible from passing boats.The first version of the mosque was built in the 18th century but the current mosque, commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid I and designed by architects (father and son) Garabet Amira Balyan ...
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The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque that stands today was completed in 1854 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecit I. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was designed by Krikor Balyan , of the famed family of Armenian architects. [ 4 ]
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