Name of Object:

Ortaköy Mosque

Location:

Istanbul, Türkiye

Holding Institution:

Istanbul University, Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi (Rare Books Library)

 About Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums), Istanbul

Date of Object:

1854–1856

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Photograph

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

The Ortaköy Mosque was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid and built between 1854 and 1856. Its architects were father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan (who also designed the nearby Dolmabahçe Palace and the Dolmabahçe Mosque), who designed it in the Neo-Baroque style.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

"Ortaköy Mosque" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;153;en

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MWNF Working Number: TR2 149