Mimar Sinan Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey}} {{for|the mosque in New York City| Mimar Sinan Mosque, Sunnyside}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Mimar Sinan Mosque | native_name = Mimar Sinan Camii | native_name_lang = tr | image = Mimar Sinan Camii.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = Islam | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status =  | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = | locale = | municipality = Ataşehir, Istanbul | cercle = | state = | country = Turkey | map_type = Turkey Istanbul | map_size = 220px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40.99576717798203|29.112327793519125|type:landmark_region:TR|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = Hilmi Şenalp | architecture_type = mosque | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = | module =  | footnotes = }}

The '''Mimar Sinan Mosque''' ({{langx|tr|Mimar Sinan Camii}}) is a mosque in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was inaugurated in 2012.<ref name="Rizvi">{{cite book |last1=Rizvi |first1=Kishwar |title=The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East |date=8 October 2015 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-1-4696-2117-3 |pages=199–200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1m0CAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Sabah 21 July 2012">{{cite news |title=Turkish premier calls for "solidarity" |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1027260415 |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=Sabah |date=21 July 2012}}</ref>

The mosque was commissioned by the Turkish government and designed by architect Hilmi Şenalp. Originally intended to be named the "Anatolian Great Mosque", then prime-minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had the name changed to honor Mimar Sinan (16th century), a famous Ottoman architect. Erdoğan stated at the inauguration that the Anatolian side of Istanbul had lacked a "''selatin''" (literally "sultans", imperial) mosque like the Mimar Sinan Mosque.<ref name="Batuman">{{cite book |last1=Batuman |first1=Bülent |title=New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism: Negotiating Nation and Islam through Built Environment in Turkey |date=22 December 2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-35800-8 |pages=56–58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCtEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT56 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Behrendt |first1=Norman |last2=Hansen |first2=Suzy |title=Reading Erdogan's Ambitions in Turkey's New Mosques |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/magazine/reading-erdogans-ambitions-in-turkeys-new-mosques.html |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2017}}</ref> At the event, Erdoğan gave visiting dignitaries a miniature replica of the mosque, mimicking a ritual of the Ottoman sultans.<ref name="Sabah 21 July 2012" /><ref name="Rizvi" />

The mosque has a capacity of 10,000-12,500 people. The central dome is 42 meters high, and the minarets 72 meters. The complex has a large underground area, which includes a library, classrooms, conference halls, shops, garage and VIP lounge.<ref name="Sabah 21 July 2012" /><ref name="Batuman" />

==See also== *Süleymaniye Mosque, 16th century mosque designed by Mimar Sinan *{{ill|Mimar-Sinan-Moschee Lauda|de}}, German mosque, opened 1990 *Çamlıca Mosque, the largest mosque of Istanbul and Turkey

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==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.facebook.com/Ata%C5%9Fehir-Mimar-Sinan-Camii-1452625558328344/ Ataşehir Mimar Sinan Camii] on Facebook * [https://www.hassa.com/en/project/atasehir-mimar-sinan-mosque Atasehir Mimar Sinan Mosque] at Hassa Architecture, picture gallery

Category:2012 establishments in Turkey Category:Mosques completed in 2012 Category:21st-century mosques in Turkey Category:Ataşehir Category:Mosques in Istanbul Category:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Category:Mosque buildings with domes in Turkey Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Turkey