{"id":4556,"date":"2022-01-13T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2021-12-25T04:44:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T01:44:50","slug":"ortakoy-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/ortakoy-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortakoy Mosque in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ortakoy Mosque in Istanbul, a destination for worship and tourism<\/h2>\n

It is a mosque and resort of the Ottoman sultans, with its small size, was able to grab great fame and an important place in the historical and tourist map of Istanbul.
\nOrtakoy Mosque or the Great Mecidiye Mosque and you cannot consider yourself to have visited Istanbul if you do not take a souvenir photo at its point, the sign that you see wherever you go in the city
\nBecause Ortakoy Mosque is your most important memorial photo in the album of Istanbul trip<\/p>\n

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Construction History\"real<\/h2>\n

Ortakoy Mosque was built in 1853 A.D. by order of Sultan Abdul Majid, and from him it took its name, as its construction lasted for two years, and the most important designers of that era, the architect “Nkogoth Balian”, was chosen to supervise and design it.
\nWhere he chose his location in the stronghold of residence of the sultans directly on the bank of the strait.<\/p>\n

The mosque was initially dedicated to the Sultan and his entourage, and later opened to the public.
\nOrtakoy Mosque was subjected to demolition and destruction several times as a result of the weakness of its foundations, the most important of which is after the earthquake of 1894 AD, which resulted in the demolition of a large part of it, and it was restored and its foundations were strengthened after that in 1960 AD<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a fire broke out in 1984 AD which left extensive damages in it to be completely and finally restored after that to its present condition and appearance today<\/p>\n

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Architectural design and sections\"real<\/h2>\n

The exterior design of the mosque is clearly Baroque in style, and the total mosque consists of two forums or two sections, the Sultan’s forum and the mosque block, where the prayer and worship area.
\nThe advantage of its external design lies in the shape of its arched walls inward and its two minarets, which are distinguished by a square shape, different from the rest of the minarets of Ottoman mosques, which are usually cylindrical.
\nGoing towards the inside of the mosque, the seal of Sultan Abdul Majeed appears on its entrance, and his name is clear to indicate its builder.
\nAs for the inside of the mosque, it is distinguished by the mosaic that dominates the decoration of the mosque from the inside, especially the pink mosaic that adorns the interior of the mosque\u2019s dome walls, and it\u2019s mihrab too
\nLike any Ottoman mosque, the traditional and Islamic Ottoman decorations got their share of the mosque’s interior decorations.
\nBut this mosque has the spirit of the strait reflected in its interior, as its high glass windows reflect the brilliance of the strait lights throughout the day, making the experience of praying in it different and wonderful.<\/p>\n

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Mosque location<\/h2>\n

Ortakoy Mosque is distinguished by its location, from which it derives its name and its historical and touristic position, as it is in the middle of the most important areas in Istanbul, Europe, such as the Dolmabahce Palace and the famous Bebek coast.
\nThe mosque is located in the Besiktas district in Ortakoy directly on the Bosphorus and can be clearly seen and distinguished even from the Asian bank of Istanbul.<\/p>\n

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Ortakoy Mosque, the mosque and resort of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, and the point of Istanbul, the sign that you see wherever you go in the city, and which you must visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17],"tags":[189,298,290,289,192],"class_list":["post-4556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-istanbul-real-estate-areas","tag-istanbul-real-estate-2022","tag-ortakoy-mosque","tag-tourism-in-istanbul","tag-tourism-in-turkey","tag-turkey-real-estate-2022","post_format-post-format-aside"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4557,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions\/4557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}