Fatih Mosque, Bursa
Also known as: Fatih Mosque, Bursa
mosque and former Byzantine church
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Overview
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Fatih Mosque is a place of worship in Tirilye, also known as Zeytinbağı, in the Mudanya district of Bursa Province, Turkey. The building was not originally built as a mosque: it began as a Byzantine church, and its architectural style is recorded as Byzantine. Over the centuries it has served both Muslim and Christian communities, and its function changed more than once. It is one of the structures that reflect the layered history of the area.
History
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The building is said to have been constructed in the 8th or 9th century as a Byzantine church, though the exact date is not settled in the sources. In the 16th century it was converted into a mosque and became a Muslim place of worship.
Between 1920 and 1922 it served again as a Greek Orthodox church. After the Greco-Turkish population exchange, it was converted back into a mosque in 1923.
From Wikipedia
The Fatih Mosque (Turkish: Fatih Camii) is a mosque in Tirilye (Zeytinbağı), Bursa Province, Turkey. The structure was originally constructed in the 8th or 9th as a Byzantine church and was later converted to a Muslim place of worship during the 16th century. It again served as a Greek Orthodox church between 1920 and 1922 until it was re-converted to a mosque in 1923 after the Greco-Turkish population exchange.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Tirilye
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Camii_(Tirilye)
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C