- Ortaköy Mosque
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Ortaköy Mosque 
Basic information Location Istanbul, Turkey Geographic coordinates 41°2′49″N 29°1′37″E / 41.04694°N 29.02694°E Affiliation Islam Architectural description Architect(s) Garabet Balyan, Nigoğayos Balyan Architectural type Mosque Architectural style Neo-Baroque architecture Groundbreaking 1853 Completed 1856 Specifications Minaret(s) 2 
Interior view of the domeOrtaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque) of Sultan Abdülmecid) in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.
The original Ortaköy Mosque was built in the 18th century. The current mosque, which was erected in its place, 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), who designed it in Neo-Baroque style. Within the mosque hang several examples of Islamic calligraphy executed by the Sultan Abdülmecid himself, who was also a hattat (master calligrapher).
The wide, high windows let the ever-changing light reflections of the Bosphorus shine in the mosque.
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Media related to Ortaköy Mosque at Wikimedia Commons Coordinates: 41°2′49″N 29°1′37″E / 41.04694°N 29.02694°ECategories:- Religious buildings completed in 1856
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- Mosques in Istanbul
- Nigoğayos Balyan buildings
- Baroque buildings in the Ottoman Empire
- Bosphorus
- Neo-Baroque architecture in Turkey
- Beşiktaş, Istanbul
- Architecture in Turkey
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