Ortaköy Mosque

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View of the Ottoman Neo-Baroque style Ortaköy Mosque on the Bosphorus, as seen from the Ortaköy pier square

Ortaköy Mosque and the Bosphorus Bridge

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Ortaköy Mosque

Ortaköy Mosque, officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdülmecid) in İstanbul, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.

The original Ortaköy Mosque was built in the 18th century. The current mosque, which was erected in its place, was ordered by Sultan Abdülmecid and built between 1854 and 1856. Its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan, who designed it in Neo-Baroque style.

The wide, high windows let the ever-changing light reflections of the Bosphorus shine in the mosque.

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Interior

• Ortaköy
• Neo-Baroque
• Abdülmecid
• Balyan family
• Ottoman architecture

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