Kefeli Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Overview
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Kefeli Mosque stands on Draman Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is also known as Kefeli Mescidi. Its name refers to the inhabitants of Kefe, the Ottoman name of Feodosia in Crimea. The building was originally a Byzantine church and is classed as Byzantine architecture. It is regarded as one of the few examples of the early Christian basilica form being revived during the Byzantine period. It now serves as a mosque and is one of the city's buildings that reflect successive eras and communities.
History
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The structure was built as a church in the Byzantine period, though the date of its consecration as an Orthodox church is not known. In later periods it was also used by Catholic and Armenian communities. Under the Ottomans it was converted into a mosque, and it took its name from the people of Kefe.
From Wikipedia
The Kefeli Mosque (Turkish: Kefeli Câmîi, meaning "the mosque of the Caffariotes", after the inhabitants of the city of Caffa in Crimea, or also Kefeli Mescidi, where Mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque) is a former Eastern Orthodox church, later jointly officiated by Roman Catholics and Armenians, and finally converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The Catholic Church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Its date of dedication as an Eastern Orthodox church is unknown, but it is commonly identified with the 9th-century Monastery of Manuel (Greek: Μονὴ τοῦ Μανουήλ).
The interest of Kefeli Mosque arises because it repurposes the early Christian basilica form during the later Byzantine period.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1323107762
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84)
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefeli-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefeli_Mosque
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Kefeli
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C)
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefeli_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF