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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

Name Image Location Opened Notes
Ağa Mosque 1500s
Ahmed Çelebi Mosque 1672
Alaüddevle Mosque Mamluk period
Alaybey Mosque late 1500s
Ali Nacar Mosque Mamluk period
Ayşe Bacı Mosque early 1700s
Bostancı Mosque Medieval era
Boyacı Mosque 1357
Esenbek Mosque Mamluk period
Eyüpoğlu Mosque Mamluk period
Hacı Nasır Mosque late 1600s
Handaliye Mosque 1500s
Hüseyin Paşa Mosque early 1700s
Karagöz Mosque
Kara Tarla Mosque 1500s
Kozanlı Mosque late 1600s
Liberation Mosque Originally Surp Asdvadzadzin Church.
Mehmed Nuri Pasha Mosque late 1700s
Ömeriye Mosque 1210
Ömer Şeyh Mosque 1698
Şeyh Fethullah Mosque mid 1500s
Şirvani Mosque Unknown
Tahtani Mosque 1500s

Historical churches

Name Image Location Denomination Opened Notes
The Anglican Church
Anglican late 1800s Demolished.
Chapel of Saint Elias Armenian Apostolic 1600s Converted into mosque and bathhouse during the Ottoman period.
The First Protestant Church Kayacık 1855 Demolished or turned into cinema.
Kendirli Church Latin 1905
The Second Protestant Church Hayık 1868 Fate unclear.
Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral
Armenian Apostolic 1893 Present-day Liberation Mosque.
Surp Bedros Church
Armenian Catholic 1862

Historical synagogues

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Sinclair 1987, p. 111.
  2. ^ Sinclair 1987, p. 109.
  3. ^ Sinclair 1987, p. 110.
  4. ^ Sinclair 1987, p. 107.
  5. ^ Sinclair 1987, p. 106.
  6. ^ 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.

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