Maltepe Mosque ( tr, Maltepe Camii) is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. Along with

Kocatepe Mosque The Kocatepe Mosque ( tr, Kocatepe Camii) is the largest mosque in Ankara, Turkey. It was built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter in Kızılay, and its size and prominent situation have made it a landmark that can be seen from almost a ...

, it is one of the best known mosques in Ankara.

Location

The mosque is situated in Maltepe neighborhood of Ankara at . Distance to Anıtkabir in the west, is about . Distance to Sıhhiye Square in the east is about .

History

The mosque was commissioned by a NGO established to build the mosque. It was planned by Recai Akçay. The area was consecrated by the municipality of Ankara. The ground breaking ceremony was in 1954 and it was completed in 1959Travel page
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The building

The total area of the building including the yard is . It is a square-plan building each side being . It is a floor heated mosque.
/ref> The lower of the side walls is coated by ceramic. The height of the single green dome is and the two minarets each with one şerefe (balcony) is .

References

{{Mosques in Turkey Mosques in Ankara Çankaya, Ankara Mosques completed in 1959 Mosque buildings with domes