Hacı Bayram Veli Camii is a mosque in old
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. Along with
Kocatepe Mosque it is one of the best known mosques in Ankara. Hacı Bayram Mosque was built during the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
period. It was named after the Turkish Sufi and poet
Hacı Bayram-ı Veli on behalf of the latter. Hacı Bayram Mosque is one of the touristic places of Ankara.
The site was added in 2016 to the
tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey.
Geography
The mosque is situated in Hacı Bayram Veli Street of Ankara. There are parks and tombs around Hacı Bayram Mosque. Mosque is accessible by city bus and
metro. The mosque is next to the
Temple of Augustus.
See also
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Hacı Bayram-ı Veli
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Haji Bektash Veli Complex
References
External links
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Mosques in Ankara
Ottoman mosques in Turkey
Altındağ, Ankara
Tourist attractions in Ankara
Buildings and structures completed in 1428
Mosques completed in the 1420s
World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey