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Teşvikiye Camii
Fatih Sultan Mehmed conquered Constantinople in 1453. The Ottoman sultanate was finally abolished in 1922. For 469 years, the city now known as Istanbul remained under Ottoman rule. Unsurprisingly, the Ottoman heritage in Istanbul is immense, spanning centuries from the conquest to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic. Among the most visible and enduring legacies are the Ottoman imperial ...
Among Istanbul’s many Ottoman landmarks, the most renowned are its monumental imperial mosques, such as the Blue Mosque, Şehzade Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque. But in my view, the Tesvikiye Mosque also holds a significant place in Istanbul’s rich Ottoman heritage.
Let me say a word about the correct spelling of this mosque’s name. In Turkish, it is the Teşvikiye Mosque. However, since the letter “ş” does ...
