The Aziziye Mosque () is an Ottoman mosque in

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

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. It is well known for the columned balcony of its

minaret A minaret is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (''adhan'') from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They can h ...

, an architectural feature rarely seen in Turkish mosques.

Location

The Mosque is in the

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(district) of Karatay of Greater Konya at about . It is situated in the business center of the city.

History

The original Mosque had been commissioned between 1671 and 1676 by Damat Mustafa Pasha who was the husband of Hatice Sultan, the daughter of sultan Mehmet IV. But when it was ruined as a result of a fire in 1867, it was recommissioned by Pertevniyal, the mother of sultan

Abdülaziz Abdulaziz (; ; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 1876 Ottoman coup d'état, overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother ...

in 1874. (Name ''Aziziye'' refers to Abdülaziz)

Architecture

The mosque was built in the eclectic style of

Ottoman architecture Ottoman architecture is an architectural style or tradition that developed under the Ottoman Empire over a long period, undergoing some significant changes during its history. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century an ...

that prevailed under the tenure of the Balian architects in the mid-19th century, blending

Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

and Neoclassical forms with traditional Ottoman mosque design. It has many features which make it one of a kind. It is a double minaret building. In each minaret the şerefe (balcony) roof is supported with columns which makes the mosque unique in Turkey. Unlike most other mosques its main floor is elevated and stairs are used to reach the main floor. Also the floorspace is not wide and there is no yard. Because of the same reason Sadirvans (şadırvan, water fountains), are adjacent to minarets. The praying hall is square shaped and its ceiling is a big dome. The narthex has three smaller domes on six marble pillars. Another interesting feature of the Mosque is its windows which are wider than the doors.

Building material

The main building material is cut stone. Bluish marble has been used in the construction of the

mihrab ''Mihrab'' (, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "''qibla'' wall". ...

and the

minbar A minbar (; sometimes romanized as ''mimber'') is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons (, ''khutbah''). It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and le ...

Gallery

Image:Aziziye Mosque entrance.jpg, Entrance Image:Azizye Mosque mihrap.jpg, Mihrab Image:Aziziye.jpg, Street scene File:Konya Aziziye Mosque 2970.jpg, Konya Aziziye Mosque Evening view File:Konya Aziziye Mosque 3012.jpg, Konya Aziziye Mosque Exterior File:Konya Aziziye Mosque 3821.jpg, Konya Aziziye Mosque Son Cemaat yeri File:Konya Aziziye Mosque 3824.jpg, Konya Aziziye Mosque şerefe File:Konya Aziziye Mosque 3819.jpg, Konya Aziziye Mosque Interior

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