Mosque of the Martyrs

Shahids’ Mosque
Basic information
Location Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
Affiliation Islam
Country Azerbaijan
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Ottoman architecture
Date established Beginning of the 1990s

The Mosque of the Martyrs (Azerbaijani: Şəhidlər məscidi), also popularly known as the Turkish Mosque,[1] is a mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan, near the Martyrs' Lane. The mosque was built in the beginning of the 1990s with assistance of the Turkish government.[2] The mosque currently is used as an official residence of religious attaché of the Turkish embassy.[2] The mosque has been under construction since 2009.[2]

The 154th ayah from Al-Baqara chapter of Quran is written on the façade of the mosque in Arabic and Turkish:

“Do not say “Dead!” about those, who died for the sake of Allah. No, they are alive! But you do not feel.”

References

  1. ↑ Turkish Mosque In Baku Closed For 'Repairs'. Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe. 28 April 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Bayram Balci and Altay Goyushov.Edited by Jørgen Nielsen, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašic, Egdunas Racius (2012). Azerbaijan. BRILL: Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. p. 660. ISBN 9789004225213.

Coordinates: 40°21′31.03″N 49°49′40.06″E / 40.3586194°N 49.8277944°E / 40.3586194; 49.8277944

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