Şişli Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It was opened for worship in 1949 before it was completed.
- In 1950, the construction was completely completed and the official opening was held.
- Prominent Features
- It was built in the Neoclassical Ottoman architectural style of the Second National Architecture Movement.
- The mosque, covered with a reinforced concrete main dome and three semi-domes, attracts attention with its stone walls; it has a single minaret adjacent to the entrance facade.
- The narthex with five domed porticoes is supported by six marble columns.
- The calligraphy decorations belong to Hamit Aytaç, Macid Ayral and Mustafa Halim Özyazıcı. The windows are stained glass and decorated with green breccia.
- It contains a library, a gasilhane (special washing place for the deceased, toilets and rooms for the staff. Its marble mihrab and minbar are in the classical Ottoman style.
