Taksim Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 2021
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Overview
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Taksim Mosque is a place of worship in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, overlooking Taksim Square in the centre of the city, from which it takes its name. It stands on Taksim Caddesi in the Şehit Muhtar neighbourhood. The mosque was opened to worshippers in 2021, and its architecture is recorded as Islamic architecture.
History
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Construction of the mosque began on 17 February 2017 and lasted about four years.
It was inaugurated after the Friday prayer on 28 May 2021, in the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The first Friday prayer was held in the mosque on that occasion, and the first call to prayer was recited there. Thousands of worshippers filled the mosque and Taksim Square.
From Wikipedia
Taksim Mosque (Turkish: Taksim Camii) is a mosque complex in Taksim Square, Istanbul. It was designed by two Turkish architects in the Art Deco style, and can hold up to 3,000 worshippers at the same time. Construction began on February 17, 2017, and lasted for four years. The mosque was inaugurated with a Friday prayer attended by the President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on 28 May 2021.
The land on which the mosque was built is currently owned by the Directorate General of Foundations.
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© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/865322627
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Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Taksim
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