Istanbul, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the Middle East, contains a great number of mosques. In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul.
Byzantine buildings
These Byzantine structures were converted to mosques by the Ottomans.
Ottoman mosques
- Eyüp Sultan Mosque, 1458
- Mahmut Pasha Mosque, Eminönü, 1463
- Fatih Mosque, 1470
- Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray, 1471
- Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1471
- Firuz AÃÂa Mosque, 1491
- Handan Agha Mosque, 15th century
- Bayezid II Mosque, 1506
- Yavuz Selim Mosque, 1527/28
- Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1530âÂÂ31
- Haseki Sultan Mosque, 1539
- Defterdar Mosque, 1542
- Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (ÃÂsküdar), 1548
- Ã
Âehzade Mosque, 1548
- Burmalñ Mescit Mosque (Burmalñ Mescit Camii), 1550
- Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, 1551
- Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul), 1555
- Süleymaniye Mosque, 1558
- ðskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlñca, 1560
- Rüstem Pasha Mosque, 1563
- Mihrimah Mosque, 1565
- Kara Ahmet Pasha Mosque,
- Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque, 1572
- Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque, 1577
- Kñlñç Ali Pasha Complex, 1580
- Ã
Âemsi Pasha Mosque, 1581
- Atik Valide Mosque, 1583
- Molla ÃÂelebi Mosque, 1584
- Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1585
- Kñrmñzñ Minare Mosque, probably 1591
- ðskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih, 15th or 16th centuries
- Blue Mosque, 1616
- New Mosque, 1665
- Yeni Valide Mosque, 1710
- Nuruosmaniye Mosque, 1755
- Zeynep Sultan Mosque, 1769
- Büyükdere Kara Mehmet Kethüda Mosque, 18th century
- Emirgan Mosque, 1781
- Laleli Mosque, 1783
- TeÃ
Âvikiye Mosque, 1794
- Selimiye Mosque, ÃÂsküdar, 1805
- Muhammad Maarifi Mosque, 1818
- Nusretiye Mosque, 1826
- Küçük Mecidiye Mosque, 1843
- Dolmabahçe Mosque, 1855
- Ortaköy Mosque, 1856
- Altunizade Mosque, 1865
- Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, 1872
- Yñldñz Hamidiye Mosque, 1886
- Bebek Mosque, 1913
Post-Ottoman mosques
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