Fatih Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr37/osman_k_fatih_camii2.jpg
http://dunyaturk.com/tr37/osman_k_fatih_camii3.jpg


New Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_yenicamii.jpg

Bonus pic form the minaret of the new mosque

the dome..in the background the Hagia Sophia
http://dunyaturk.com/tr39/kemal_bereket_yenicamii_kubbe_dis.jpg
Golden Horn
http://dunyaturk.com/tr39/kemal_bereket_galata2.jpg
Bosphorus
http://dunyaturk.com/tr39/kemal_bereket_yenicamiden_bogaz2.jpg


Nusretiye Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr34/kemal_bereket_nusretiye_camii3.jpg


Sehzade Mosque (Prince Mosque)
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_sehzadep.jpg


Süleymaniye Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr39/kemal_bereket_suleymaniyede.jpg

Bonus pic form the minaret of the Süleymaniye mosque

Golden Horn and Bosphorus
http://dunyaturk.com/tr40/osman_k_P.jpg

Istanbul University, Beyazit Tower and Beyazit Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr40/osman_k_istanbul_univ.jpg

Ortaköy Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr01/ortakoy_cami2062.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr34/kemal_bereket_bmecidiye_ic3.jpg



Dolmabahçe Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr34/kemal_bereket_bezmi_alem_valide_sultan_camii_ic3.jpg



Sinan Pasa Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr34/osman_k_sinanpasa_camii4.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr34/osman_k_sinanpasa_camii3.jpg



Sultanahmet Mosque (aka Blue Mosque)
http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/memocan_sultanahmet09.jpg

http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_sultanahmet.jpg


Maltepe Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr37/kemal_bereket_maltepe_camii2.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr37/kemal_bereket_maltepe_camii1.jpg


Beyazit Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr36/osman_k_beyazit7.jpg


Bonus pic form the minaret of the Beyazit mosque

Hagia Sophia
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_ayasofyaa.jpg
Sultanahmet Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_sultanahmett.jpg
Süleymaniye Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_suleymnai.jpg
Beyazit Tower
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_yangin_kulesii.jpg
Beyazit square, Istanbul University, Beyazit Tower, Süleymaniye Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_ist_univ_b.jpg

:eek: thanks Sercan :)

Nice thread :okay:

I love Istanbul! Great City!

You mean those things that were built as places of christian worship.

^^
What an ignorant, dumb, stupid, silly post!

Ok the ones you mention as ''those things'' are called mosques! There are 11 of them at the pics actually and many domes too.

Which ones were built for christian worship Pricamazda?! Tell me!!! Which one except Hagia Sophia?!

Tell me! I'm waiting!

You'll rather kill yourself instead of making a positive comment about Turkey and related topics am i wrong?!

You troll...

edit

Bonus pic form the minaret of the Beyazit mosque

New Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_yenicamiii.jpg

Galata Tower and Levent Skyline
http://wowturkey.com/tr41/kemal_bereket_galatapanorama11.jpg



@ pricemazda

all mosque i show were built by the ottomans...

Now now, how quickly you all bite. I was trying to point out that the Hagia Sophia along with Istanbul owes a lot of its heritage to Rome and Constantinople. Thats all. I wonder how many mosques in Istanbul were churches or synagogues or other places of worship first. Just like in jerusalem the site of the old Temple, now its meant to be the third most holy site in Islam and they built a whacking great big Dome of the rock there.

Most are Ottoman built mosques ;)

You British are the last ones to make such remarks! you have slaughtered countless people, invaded, annihilated and exploited many many countries....

amazing painting Domes cercan :okay:

OMG!! I hates those europeans who just want to say something bad without having ANY idea about that they are talking about!We didn't demolish any chruch,they all still exist!Even in the regions(Balkans) where the ottomans ruled for 400 years the chruches weren't demolished!But the european people (greeks) demolished all mosques and nowadays Athnes has many moslems living in the city but they have not even ONE mosque in the city!!

Now now, how quickly you all bite. I was trying to point out that the Hagia Sophia along with Istanbul owes a lot of its heritage to Rome and Constantinople. Thats all. I wonder how many mosques in Istanbul were churches or synagogues or other places of worship first. Just like in jerusalem the site of the old Temple, now its meant to be the third most holy site in Islam and they built a whacking great big Dome of the rock there.
None of them. I can count the names of the architects, but you don't know them...

Ignorance is a bad thing...

Ignorance is a bad thing...

Why is the Blue Mosque called "blue"? I apologize for being ignorant :)

I don't know! :) It's original name is Sultanahmed. My guess is that at most pics you see the blue sea at the background, maybe that's why they call it Blue Mosque in english... :)

Mveilig at least you admit being ignorant :D

Why is the Blue Mosque called "blue"? I apologize for being ignorant :)
Its original name is Sultanahmet mosque but its called "Blue Mosque" because of the blue Turkish ceramics interior of the Mosque.

cool, I didn't now that UrbanGirl, thanks :okay:

^^thats my job:D

Prizeskoda, go take your medicine and look at your map where Turkey is not in Europe :lol:
You don't like Turks you don't like muslims, we got your point.

pricemazda: why the patronising tone?

also, your sense of history is poor.

very poor. Religious tolerance within the Ottoman Empire was far greater than can be found in Christain Europe (especially in Istanbul) Therefore, rest assured, the mosques were built as mosques rather than be converted from existing churches. Also, because Constantinope was in such a poor condition when the Turks conquered it (due to Byzantine neglect, hundreds of years of war as well as plundering and destruction by the Crusaders), much of the city was rebuilt to a higher standard.

I'm still astonished by your ignorance, by the way.

did you really think all those beautiful domes and interiors were 'conversions'?

Man, crazy.....

GTasshole I have no problem with muslims, where did you get that from?

Read your stupid posts about the old Temple and the Dome of Rock, first Turks and then Muslims, who is next?
We all know your superior race :tongue3:

I meant to say:

a beautiful thread! the pics are incredible. Keep thiniing of book ideas!

Can you imagine a book, sqaure pages, on each right-sided page, a colour photograph, cropped to show only the dome interior. thern on the facing page, some text.

It would be stunning - like a collection of jewels or images of the solar system.

Well is it not true that The Al-Asqa mosque is built on the ruined site of the Temple? If thats being anti-muslim then I must be guilty as charged.

In a seperate case is it not true that the Hagia Sophia was a cathedral before being converted into a mosque. This isn't just islam that does this. There is a church down the road from me, which was a catholic church, then during the reformation it became protestant, then with the surge of jewish immigration to the UK in the 19th century it became a synagogue, now with a large Bengali population it is a mosque.

You think I am anti-muslim, but you actually have no idea about me at all.

Well is it not true that The Al-Asqa mosque is built on the ruined site of the Temple? If thats being anti-muslim then I must be guilty as charged.

In a seperate case is it not true that the Hagia Sophia was a cathedral before being converted into a mosque. This isn't just islam that does this. There is a church down the road from me, which was a catholic church, then during the reformation it became protestant, then with the surge of jewish immigration to the UK in the 19th century it became a synagogue, now with a large Bengali population it is a mosque.

You think I am anti-muslim, but you actually have no idea about me at all.

We don't have any idea about you that's correct but you don't have any idea about Istanbul!! Why do you tell the poeple that those mosques were converted from christian churches without having any knowledge,why?Just give me a answer to my question.

So what is your point prizemazda? Why did you waste your time typing for a thread that is showing 10 or so mosque domes and only one was convert and moving to Jerusalem?

We don't have any idea about you that's correct but you don't have any idea about Istanbul!! Why do you tell the poeple that those mosques were converted from christian churches without having any knowledge,why?Just give me a answer to my question.
the answer is very simple messiah; anti-turkish feelings and the results of the brainwashing;)

lutfen, arkadaslar birakin kim ne istiyorsa yazsin.gereksiz tartismalara girip kendimizi yipratiyor ve gulunc hale dusuruyoruz.

Nice!!

Well is it not true that The Al-Asqa mosque is built on the ruined site of the Temple? If thats being anti-muslim then I must be guilty as charged.

In a seperate case is it not true that the Hagia Sophia was a cathedral before being converted into a mosque. This isn't just islam that does this. There is a church down the road from me, which was a catholic church, then during the reformation it became protestant, then with the surge of jewish immigration to the UK in the 19th century it became a synagogue, now with a large Bengali population it is a mosque.

You think I am anti-muslim, but you actually have no idea about me at all.

This thread is not about Hagia Sophia!!! This thread is not about churches which are converted to mosques!!!

This thread is about the great domes of Istanbul!!! Hagia Sophia is just one of them. Oh btw Hagia Sophia is a part of our city, a precious part. We are proud with that masterpiece and also with other great ones that our city has.

So take your garbage else where and get lost from our threads if you have nothing constractive to say as usual...

ignore him Istanbullu, he is just a kid who has understanding problem.

Let's look at this one; Yavuz Selim Mosque

http://dunyaturk.com/tr24/kemal_bereket_yavuz_selim_camii2.jpg

well this 'kid' who is 25 would like to know whether there are any gothic or neo-gothic mosques, if you have any of those that would be wonderful.

Its original name is Sultanahmet mosque but its called "Blue Mosque" because of the blue Turkish ceramics interior of the Mosque.

It makes a bit of sense, even though I can see that the Maltepe Mosque has got that blue feeling in a greater extend. Oh well, no need to argue :)

Got the impresssion that the production designers for the most recent star wars movies looked to Istanbul to conjure their vision for the imperial cities.

sometimes i think Istanbul's skyline looks so futuristic - like sci-fi.

Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii, Aksaray, Constantinople, Turkey -- 1890

The Valide Mosque is located to the northeatern direction of the Aksaray square in the Fatih district of Istanbul. The patron is Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, the mother of Sultan Abdulaziz. The mosque was constructed during 1869-1871 by the architect Sarkis Balyan in the Neo Gothic style. Written records state that Agop Balyan participated in the project of the mosque. The mosque was originally part of a complex comprising a theological school, a mausolea, a soup kitchen and a fountain. The subsidiary structures were either demolished, or, like the fountain, transferred to toher locations, during the reconstruction of the Aksaray square between 1956- 1959.

http://www.rainfall.com/posters/images/landscape/06074u.jpg

Some more pics here (http://www.redacservices.fr/roxane/turquie/albumistanbul/fatih/centre/aksaray/pages/aksaray_pertevniyalvalidesultancamii01.htm)

It makes a bit of sense, even though I can see that the Maltepe Mosque has got that blue feeling in a greater extend. Oh well, no need to argue :)
Don't look at Maltepe Mosque or some other new mosques... They are the immitations of old classical mosques. I don't like them. It is a back step to 16th century at the architecture...

But Sultanahmet mosque (aka Blue Mosuqe) is an orginal work and represents its own century.

Got the impresssion that the production designers for the most recent star wars movies looked to Istanbul to conjure their vision for the imperial cities.

sometimes i think Istanbul's skyline looks so futuristic - like sci-fi.
That's true, you can see there Blue Mosque without minarates...

BTW I want to add an information: Blue mosque was the only mosque wich has six minarates. Before Blue Mosque, only the mosque at Kabaa had six minarates, but when Blue Mosque had been complated, they added one more minarate to the mosque of Kabaa in Mecca, as a respect of course... But later Saudi regime destroyed old Ottoman mosque at Kabaa and built a new Arabic style mosque there...

well this 'kid' who is 25 would like to know whether there are any gothic or neo-gothic mosques, if you have any of those that would be wonderful.
Of course we have not any gothic or neo-gothic mosques, due to some reasons.

As a German professor said "if Ottomans could enter Vienna, we could see the effect of gothic architecture in the Islamic art, but we missed the opportunity to see it, although we saved our city"...

Although there are braoque or rokoko mosques, why don't we have gothic mosques? Because of the shape. Baroque or rokoko is suitable to classical mosque designs, and calssical designs have a shape wich is convertible to those two styles. But gothic is not.

So, why did they keep the main idea of classical mosques, although style can be changed? Because of Orthodox Islamic idea! Ottoman idea had so much factor from Byzantian Orthodox idea. This effected even the religion and understanding of Islam. Many things passed to Ottoman Islamic from Orthodox religion, not only the shapes and state manangment. And in Orthodox belief shapes can't be changed like Western Christianity.

But this silly idea let us miss something like modern mosques even today :( All new mosques in Turkey are the immitations of old classical mosques ( I think bad immitations). As I know, we have only three modern mosques in Turkey.

And Turkish architects build modern designs in other countries like this example. Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad - Pakistan, designed by famous Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/i/the.faisal-mosque.104.jpg

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/i/the.faisal.mosque.107.jpg

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/i/the.faisal.mosque.108.gif

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/i/the.faisal.mosque.109.gif

Dalokay also designed the big mosque in Ankara, today called Kocatepe Mosque. But this silly idea canceled his wonderful design and built a big immitation classical design isteed :( . Some religious authorities said " his design doesn't look like mosque... :bash:

Interesting stuff Kuvvacci. And stunning pics. Amazingly, the pakistani mosque is similar to many Catholic churches designed in Britain in the post war period. Glasgow, Scotland has many such examples.

Why is the Blue Mosque called "blue"? I apologize for being ignorant :)
there are more than 21,000 ceramics..and most of thema are blue

Sultanahmet Mosque
http://dunyaturk.com/tr01/sultaah.jpg

the modern Mosquees have a nice design Kuvvaci, I dont see way they dont like Mosquees :eek: they have the minarets!!

in this new Mosquees Muezzin go to the top of the minaret to call people to pray (I dont now if this word is ok) too?

yes Arpels it is ok :D ... the reason is not it hasn't minarets. Reason is silly traditions... Our "Relgious Issues Commitee" didn't want a modern design... Dalokay's design for Ankara was modern but of course not the copy of this one he designed for Pakistan. Also new mosques in old shape don't look so good, because of the material :(

A.R Gombrich says at his famous book " The Story of Art" that "styles don't change at the east"... He gives examples like " when art was progesing at the west, the east still paints icons always in the same style... This is an Byzantian influence on us...

http://dunyaturk.com/tr40/osman_k_P.jpg
http://dunyaturk.com/tr40/Cagatay_SM04.jpg

I see Kuvvaci, I understand in part the fear of loose the old traditional style but things change, in civilian buildings is the same, they could very well adapt the new materials with the old tradicional style Saha Faisal is a very good exemple of that.

of course civilian buildings are not like this. And you are right about what you said. I am competely agree with you Arpels. But Shah Faisal is not a traditional style. I wish it was in Ankara :D insteed of Pakistan.

:D

of course civilian buildings are not like this. And you are right about what you said. I am competely agree with you Arpels. But Shah Faisal is not a traditional style. I wish it was in Ankara :D insteed of Pakistan.

Ah yes what a lose for Ankara. Shah Faisal was originally going to be Kocatepe Mosque if they had not supported classical Turkish style so blindly :ohno:

I told you the reasons :(

Fatih Mosque
http://wowturkey.com/tr44/kemal_bereket_fatih_camii2.jpg

I will update the old pics
Yildiz/Küçükmecidiye mosque
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/23267/2004022625631786651_rs.jpg