Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque

Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque is a mosque complex in the Levent neighborhood of Istanbul, Türkiye. Architect Sinan's Suleymaniye Mosque in Edrine formed the insipiration for the design of the mosque. Maritime and shipping motifs were used in the project in honor of Hayreddin Barbarossa and his irregular sailors — Levends — which gave the area its name. The mosque complex is composed of an underground parking lot (for about 1000 cars), a workshop, a library, a multipurpose hall, and a dining hall, and can hold up to 20,000 worshippers.[3][4]

Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque
Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Camii
Side view of the mosque from the adjacent square, May 2023
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationLevent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Architecture
StyleNeo-Ottoman architecture
Completed12 May 2023 (2023-05-12)
Construction cost750 million Turkish lira[1]
(~50 million US dollars)
Specifications
Capacity20,000
Dome(s)One main, two half
Dome height (outer)44 m[2]
Dome dia. (outer)24 m[2]
Minaret(s)4
Minaret heightTwo 79 m, Two 92 m[2]

The foundation of the mosque was laid on July 3, 2020, and President Erdogan held the inauguration ceremony 35 months later following Friday congregational prayer on May 12, 2023.[5][6]

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