List of places of worship in Gaziantep

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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]

  1. ^ Rebuilt c. 1799 – c. 1800.[1]
  2. ^ Prayer-hall rebuilt in 1901.[3]
  3. ^ Rebuilt in 1816.[3]
  4. ^ The mihrab and portal date back to 1574. The portico may be from the Ottoman period.[4]
  5. ^ Repaired in 1575, when the prayer-hall was rebuilt.[5]
  6. ^ Almost complete reconstruction in 1947.[1]
  7. ^ Repaired about 1775.[2]
  8. ^ Minaret built in 1785.[3]
  9. ^ Repaired in 1681.[3]
  10. ^ Rebuilt in 1578.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sinclair 1987, p. 111.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sinclair 1987, p. 109.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Sinclair 1987, p. 110.
  4. ^ a b c Sinclair 1987, p. 107.
  5. ^ a b Sinclair 1987, p. 106.
  6. ^ a b Fisk, Robert (2016-10-15). "A beautiful mosque and the dark period of the Armenian genocide". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  7. ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 138.
  8. ^ Sarafean 1957, p. 12.
  9. ^ Cephanecigil 2015, pp. 136–137.
  10. ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 137.
  11. ^ Cephanecigil 2015, p. 134.

Bibliography[edit]

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