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This is a list of Turkish Grand Mosques or Ulucami, a title originally given to the grandest Friday mosque of a Turkish city where local citizens traditionally gathered en masse for Friday Prayers,[1] though today it is common for Muslims in a single city to gather in several different mosques for these prayers.

Turkish Grand Mosques

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Province City Name Commissioner Date
Istanbul Fatih Holy Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque[a] Sultan Mehmed II 1453
Kars Kars Kars Ulucami Dilaver Pasha 1643
Karaman Ermenek Ermenek Grand Mosque[3] Mahmud Bey (of the Karamanids) 1302–3AD (702AD)
Kayseri Bünyan Bünyan Grand Mosque[4][5] Zahireddin Mahmud 1333
Kayseri Kayseri Kayseri Grand Mosque[6] Melik Muhammed 1134-1143
Erzincan Erzincan Gülâbi-bey Mosque[7] Gülâbi Bey 1486
Tokat Tokat Tokat Grand Mosque[8] Danishmends 1679 AD
Tokat Niksar Niksar Grand Mosque[6][9] Muineddin Süleyman Pervane 1145/46
Tokat Zile Zile Grand Mosque[10] Abu Ali 1266-1267 AD (665 AH)
Çankırı Çankırı Çankırı Grand Mosque[11][12] Suleiman I 1558
Bolu Bolu Bolu Ulucami Bayezid I 1390
Konya Ereğli Ereğli Ulucami Karamanid Mehmet Bey 1426
Konya Akşehir Akşehir Grand Mosque[13] Kaykaus I 1213
Konya Konya Konya Grand Mosque (Alaeddin Mosque)[14] Alaeddin Keykubad 1219-1220
Konya Beyşehir Eşrefoğlu Mosque Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey 1299
Çorum Çorum Çorum Grand Mosque[15] Hayreddin 1300s?
Siirt Siirt Siirt Grand Mosque[16] Mugīsüddin Mahmud bin Muhammed (Iraqi Seljuk ruler) 1129
Muğla Milas Milas Grand Mosque[17] Ahmed Gazi Bey 1378
Muğla Muğla Muğla Ulucami İbrahim of Menteşe 1340
Edirne Edirne Edirne Old Mosque[18] Mehmed I 1414
Kastamonu Kastamonu Atabey Camii 1273
Kastamonu Küre Küre Grand Mosque[19] Before 1465-66 AD (870 AH)*[b]
Hatay Antakya Antakya Grand Mosque[20] Sultan Baybars I 1271
Adana Adana Adana Ulucami Halil Bey of Ramadanids-Piri Mehmet Pasha 1513
Adana Kozan Hoşkadem Mosque[21] 1448
Kilis Kilis Kilis Ulucami 1339
Gaziantep Gaziantep Ömeriye Cami 1210?
Batman Hasankeyf Hasankeyf Grand Mosque[22] 1324
Malatya Malatya Malatya Grand Mosque[23][c] Kayqubad I 1224
Bayburt Bayburt Bayburt Grand Mosque[25] Mesud II 1298
İzmir Selçuk Isa Bey Mosque Aydinid İsa Bey 1375
İzmir Birgi Birgi Grand Mosque[26] Aydinids 1311
İzmir Bergama Bergama Grand Mosque[27] Bayezid I 1399
İzmir Ödemiş Ödemiş Ulucami Aydinid Mahmud Bey 1311
İzmir Tire Tire Grand Mosque[28] Aydınoğlu Cüneyd Bey 1405-1426 AD
Antalya Antalya Yivli Minare Mosque Kayqubad I 1230
Van Van Van Grand Mosque[29] Qara Yusuf of Karaköy 1389-1400 AD
Van Adilcevaz Adilcevaz Ulucami 1300-1500?
Afyon Afyon Afyon Grand Mosque[30] 1272
Ankara Ankara Arslanhane Ulucami 1290
Eskişehir Sivrihisar Sivrihisar Grand Mosque[31] Cemaleddin Ali Bey 1232
Eskişehir Eskişehir Eskişehir Ulucami Kaykhusraw III 1267
Samsun Samsun Samsun Ulucami 1885
Manisa Manisa Manisa Ulucami[32] Muzafferüddin İshak Çelebi 1366
Kahramanmaraş Afşin Afşin Grand Mosque[33] Mehmed, son of Pir Ali, of the Danishmends 1571
Kahramanmaraş Elbistan Elbistan Grand Mosque[34] Mübarizüddin Çavlı 1239-1240
Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş Maraş Grand Mosque[35] Süleyman Bey of the Dulkadirids 1442-1454
Isparta Isparta Isparta Grand Mosque[36] Kutlu Bey 1429
Isparta Eğridir Eğridir Grand Mosque[37] Hizir Bey 1301-1302
Mardin Mardin Mardin Grand Mosque[38] Artukids 1176-77 AD (572 AH)
Mardin Kızıltepe Kızıltepe Grand Mosque[39][40][41] Ebü'l-Feth Artuk Arslan of the Artukids 1204-1205 AD
Bitlis Bitlis Bitlis Grand Mosque[42] Artukids 1126
Şanlıurfa Şanlıurfa Grand Mosque of Urfa[43] Zengids c.1190 AD
Şanlıurfa Harran Harran Grand Mosque[44] Marwan II 744-750
Sinop Sinop Sinop Grand Mosque[45] Muînüddin Süleyman Pervâne 1268
Burdur Burdur Burdur Ulucami Dündar Bey 1299
Kütahya Kütahya Kütahya Grand Mosque[46][47] Ottomans 1410
Aksaray Aksaray Aksaray Grand Mosque[48] Mehmet II of Karaman 1408
Bursa Bursa Bursa Grand Mosque[49][d] Beyazit I 1396
Diyarbakır Diyarbakır Diyarbakır Grand Mosque[51][52] Malikshah of Seljuks 1091
Diyarbakır Silvan Silvan Grand Mosque[53] Necmeddin Alpı bin Timurtaş of the Artukids 1152-1157 AD (547-552 AH)
Elazığ Elazığ Harput Grand Mosque[54] Fahrettin Karaaslan of the Artukids 1146
Mersin Mersin Mersin Ulucami (Citizens) 1898
Mersin Tarsus Tarsus Ulucami Ibrahim of Ramazanoğlu 1579 (?)
Niğde Niğde Niğde Grand Mosque (Alâeddin Mosque)[55] Beşâre bin Abdullah (Bey of the Seljuks) 1223
Sivas Divriği Divriği Grand Mosque[56][57] Ahmed of Mengujekids 1228
Sivas Sivas Sivas Grand Mosque[6] Kizilarslan bin İbrâhim 1197
Uşak Uşak Uşak Grand Mosque[58] Mehmed Bey c.1419 AD
Balıkesir Balıkesir Zagan Pasha Mosque[59] Zagan Pasha 1461
Şırnak Cizre Cizre Grand Mosque[60] Ebü'l-Kāsım Mahmud Sencer Shah 1160
Kayseri Develi Develi Grand Mosque (Lower)[61] Mr Ali 1730
Kayseri Develi Develi Grand Mosque (Upper)[62] Nasrullah, son of Göçer Arslan 1281
Erzurum Erzurum Erzurum Grand Mosque[63] Nasreddin Aslan Mehmed 1179

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hagia Sophia represented the power of Christianity and Islam respectively under the ruling Byzantine and Ottoman empires. In the Turkish Republican period, the building has been subject to a new shift of meaning, representing the power of the new, modern, secular Republic and has been used as one of the means to convey its ideals. From being the Grand Mosque of the old capital, this imperial monument was converted into a museum during the early years of the Turkish Republic – another turning point in its history.[2]
  2. ^ It is understood from the foundation charter dated 870 (1465-66) of the mosque (Hoca Şemseddin Mosque) in the Câmi-i Kebîr district that it was built by Hoca Şemseddin before this date.[19]
  3. ^ The Malatya Grand Mosque holds a unique place in the history of Turkish art and architecture, whether for its layout, its dome design, or its embellishment.[24]
  4. ^ Bursa Grand Mosque is among the distinguished examples of early Ottoman religious architecture.[50]

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