"Çamlıca Mosque", the oasis of tranquility and the legend of modern Islamic architecture
Last Updated: 2023-07-27Çamlıca Mosque
The holy verse says" And who honors the rituals of God, it is the strengthening of hearts", which is exactly what the Turks are trying to translate on the ground, by constructing more truly great mosques, their mosques came in the form of architectural paintings that give the worshippers a special spirituality that blends the splendor of Islamic architecture with the high minarets, with the spirituality of the coming worshippers to perform the greatest corner in Islam.
In these lines, we will bring you to the largest mosque in the entire Turkish Republic, Çamlıca Mosque, which redefined the concept of the mosque to become a school, a foundation and a place that adds more prestige and spirituality to worship, in the mosque, which is 226 meters above sea level, providing the worshippers with a meditation session to bluey of the Bosphorus from The highest hills of Istanbul is the hill of Çamlıca.
The Mosque of Çamlıca is more than a mosque where imposed prayers and religious rites are raised to be an integrated religious oasis, including an integrated legal college, a foundation, educational centers for students of Islamic science, a conference hall, an art gallery, and a museum of Islamic and Turkish antiquities.
The front side of the mosque is the way to present itself to the world, as if it wants to speak an architectural language that combines Ottoman and Seljuk architecture with touches of modern contemporary architecture that includes all the comforts of the worshippers.
Islamic architecture is inspired by the designs of the architect Sinan, who designed the domes of the mosques with gaps that allow the photic passages across to provide as much natural lighting as possible during the day, which has already been applied in the Mosque of Çamlıca, in addition to six long minarets that almost embrace the sky by a length of more than 100 meters. While the mosque covers an area of 15,000 square meters, and can accommodate about 63,000 worshippers and there is a special corner for 5,000 female worshippers on two floors.
You will certainly feel a sense of belonging to this unique architectural painting, whatever your religion, the place welcomes everyone from Muslims and others through the Museum of Islamic and Turkish Antiquities, which is open to all and the rich library that it contains, where it opens its doors to researchers, students of science and readers, where it is full of Its shelves with a lot of translated books, which chronicle the Islamic history and include all the chapters of Islamic science and related knowledge, are equipped with the original of books on interpretations and religious sciences, and learn the art of intonation and novels, here evokes the spirit of the Ottoman Empire in its most brilliant historical periods.
You will be amazed by the luxury in which the letters of Majesty are written, on the majestic dome, where the length of the letter is five meters long surrounded by the names of God and Surah al-Fath, and the steel applied in the modern nano style gives splendor and power to the exquisite design.
The pioneers of Turkish architecture put the comfort of the worshippers as a priority when designing this unique edifice, dedicated modern elevators and spaces for children to keep them safe, and keep you in reassurance spirituality during your prayers, and even after, you will not worry about the way back where the buses pass and subway stations through the mosque's sprawling campus.
The mosque is surrounded by greenery of more than 30,000 square meters, making it a piece of paradise on earth, and being a contemporary and environmentally friendly building that takes into the sustainability factors in line with the new global style of architectural design.
If you prefer the language of transparent numbers, this is the Mosque of Çamlıca in numbers:
- The mosque has 6 long minarets, 4 of them are 107 meters long and 2 with 90 m.
- The dome of the mosque has a diameter of 34 meters, with the word "majesty" written in steel painted using nanotechnology, and around it the names of God and Surah al-Fath.
- The dome is 72 meters high.
- The mosque is furnished with a carpet of 14,000 square meters.
- The mosque rises 226 meters above sea level.
- There will also be a lighting system for the dome.
- The letter A in The Word of Majesty is 5 meters long.
- The mosque has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers, a section dedicated to women with a capacity of 5,000 women.
- The mosque houses a huge library of 3,000 square meters, a huge museum of Islamic antiquities with an area of 11,000 square meters, an art gallery with an area of 3,000 square meters, a conference room for 9,000 people, a children's playroom, a children's room, 8 workshops, and a parking lot for 3,500 cars.
It remains to be said that the mosque opened on March 7, the night of the first Friday of Rajab month in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and has been calling the prayers ever since.
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