Selimiye Mosque

It is on a hill overlooking Marmara and the Golden Horn,and was built by Selim III between 1801-1804. It is a group of buildings with its lodge, barracks, Turkish bath, dervish lodge, warehouse and textile manufacturing facilities. The south gate is a marble arch. Its top is decorated by leaves. There is the imperial signature of Sultan Selim III on it. There is a wooden ribbon which is fine example of Turkish woodcraft under the preacher desk. The pulpit is marble. There are verses of the Koran on all the doors of the mosque. The number of scripts in this mosque is unparalleled.

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çakırbaşı mosque

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It is at the intersection at the corner across the district official building in Doğancılar It was built in 1558-59. It is also known as Doğancılar mosque. It was rebuilt by the third wife of Sultan abdülhamit II in 1858-59.

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Arakiyeci Mehmet ağa Temple

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It is built after Arakiyeci Mehmet Ağa and is at the corner of Divitçiler Avenue and Körbakkal street.

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Üsküdar District: A Brief History, Population, and Geographical Information

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Üsküdar is a city which goes way back in centuries with its history, nature and works of art. Üsküdar which is valuable as a pearl in ‹stanbul and which has a global reputation, will advance into the future with its past and natural heritage as a more modern and more contemporary city. We make all…

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Bodrum Mosque

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The Bodrumi Mosque was built by Şeyhülislam Ömer Lütfü Efendi of Bodrum in 1891 on the eastern slope of Küçük Çamlıca and has given its name to the street on which it is located. There is a poetic script of siz lines prepared by Poem Refet on the marble on the wall overlooking the street.

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Ayazma Palace

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It is the first palace built in Üsküdar and belongs to the era of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, and it is on the fiemsi Pasha coastal road and across K›zkulesi. This palace was restorated by the Architect Sinan later, and was built on the wide area of the current Ayazma mosque. Today, only an unimportant…

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Çinili Mosque

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The mosque in Nuh Kuyusu was named after its beautiful tiles. Since it is between the old and new Valide mosques, it is is called the Orta Valide Mosque. It is within a group of buildings and built by Kösem Mahpeyker Valide Sultan in 1640-41.

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