Grand Camlıca Mosque

Grand Camlıca Mosque
July 1, 2024

"The Grand Camlıca Mosque"

 

The Grand Camlıca Mosque

 

Turkey is home to numerous mosques of various sizes and shapes, all with unique attributes and architectural features. But the biggest mosque in all of Türkiye is the grand Camlıca mosque, built in the Seljuk -Ottoman architectural style, situated on Çamlıca hill, one of the seven hills of Istanbul and opened for worshipers and visitors in 2019 after six years of construction.

 

Features

 

The main gate of the Grand Camlıca Mosque is one of the largest in the world at 6.5 meters in height, 5 meters in width, and weighing 5 tons. The mosque can accommodate 63,000 worshippers at a time. The mosque complex includes a museum of Islamic civilization, an art gallery, an art workshop, a library, and a conference center. It also has a car parking capacity of 3,500. The mosque can also accommodate 100,000 people in the event of an earthquake.



The Grand Çamlıca Mosque

"One of the largest mosque in the world, Çamlıca Mosque"

 

Architectural Significance

 

The mosque was designed by Bahar Mızrak and Hayriye Gül Totu, both of them being Turkish women architects. The six core beliefs of Islam are represented by the six minarets with each one 107.1 meters commemorating the victory of Seljuk Turk against the byzantine at Malazgirt in the year 1071.

 

The dome is 72 meters high representing the number of nations living in the city and the diameter of the second dome is 34 meters which is the official license plate number of Istanbul.

 

The 16 names of Allah inscribed on the dome are a tribute to the Turkish states established by Turks.

 

Come and see the grandeur of modern Turkiye with its historical roots. And you will be speechless by the beauty of it.

 

Contact The Ottoman Travels to facilitate your visit to Istanbul Turkiye, the city where the three biggest empires ruled.