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List of places of worship in Gaziantep
This is a list of places of worship in Gaziantep, a city in south-central Turkey.
Historical mosques edit
| Name | Image | Location | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ağa Mosque | 1500s[a] | |||
| Ahmed Çelebi Mosque | 1672[2] | |||
| Alaüddevle Mosque | Mamluk period[b] | |||
| Alaybey Mosque | late 1500s[2] | |||
| Ali Nacar Mosque | Mamluk period[c] | |||
| Ayşe Bacı Mosque | early 1700s[3] | |||
| Bostancı Mosque | Medieval era[d] | |||
| Boyacı Mosque[5] | 1357[e] | |||
| Esenbek Mosque | Mamluk period[1] | |||
| Eyüpoğlu Mosque[1] | Mamluk period[f] | |||
| Hacı Nasır Mosque | late 1600s[1] | |||
| Handaliye Mosque | 1500s[2] | |||
| Hüseyin Paşa Mosque | early 1700s[3] | |||
| Karagöz Mosque[1] | ||||
| Kara Tarla Mosque | 1500s[g] | |||
| Kozanlı Mosque | late 1600s[2] | |||
| Liberation Mosque | Originally Surp Asdvadzadzin Church.[6] | |||
| Mehmed Nuri Pasha Mosque | late 1700s[h] | |||
| Ömeriye Mosque[4] | 1210 | |||
| Ömer Şeyh Mosque | 1698[3] | |||
| Şeyh Fethullah Mosque | mid 1500s[4] | |||
| Şirvani Mosque | Unknown[i] | |||
| Tahtani Mosque | 1500s[j] |
Historical churches edit
| Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Anglican Church | Anglican | late 1800s | Demolished.[7] | ||
| Chapel of Saint Elias | Armenian Apostolic | 1600s | Converted into mosque and bathhouse during the Ottoman period.[8] | ||
| The First Protestant Church | Kayacık | 1855 | Demolished or turned into cinema.[9] | ||
| Kendirli Church[1] | Latin | 1905 | |||
| The Second Protestant Church | Hayık | 1868 | Fate unclear.[10] | ||
| Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral | Armenian Apostolic | 1893 | Present-day Liberation Mosque.[6] | ||
| Surp Bedros Church[11] | Armenian Catholic | 1862 |
Historical synagogues edit
Notes edit
- ^ Rebuilt c. 1799 – c. 1800.[1]
- ^ Prayer-hall rebuilt in 1901.[3]
- ^ Rebuilt in 1816.[3]
- ^ The mihrab and portal date back to 1574. The portico may be from the Ottoman period.[4]
- ^ Repaired in 1575, when the prayer-hall was rebuilt.[5]
- ^ Almost complete reconstruction in 1947.[1]
- ^ Repaired about 1775.[2]
- ^ Minaret built in 1785.[3]
- ^ Repaired in 1681.[3]
- ^ Rebuilt in 1578.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Sinclair 1987, p. 111.
- ^ a b c d e Sinclair 1987, p. 109.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sinclair 1987, p. 110.
- ^ a b c Sinclair 1987, p. 107.
- ^ a b Sinclair 1987, p. 106.
- ^ a b Fisk, Robert (2016-10-15). "A beautiful mosque and the dark period of the Armenian genocide". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 138.
- ^ Sarafean 1957, p. 12.
- ^ Cephanecigil 2015, pp. 136–137.
- ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 137.
- ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 134.
Bibliography edit
- Cephanecigil, Gül (July 2015). "Preliminary remarks on the Late Ottoman Churches in Aintab". ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture. 12 (2): 131–143. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- Sarafean, Georg Avedis (1957). A Briefer History of Aintab A Concise History of the Cultural, Religious, Educational, Political, Industrial and Commercial Life of the Armenians of Aintab. Boston: Union of the Armenians of Aintab. p. 11. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey. Vol. IV.