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Selimiye Mosque, Edirne

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October 11th 2013
Geo: 41.6745, 26.5572The Selimiye Mosque is the greatest of all the Ottoman mosques. It houses the Mosque, a Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and a covered bazaar. It was begun in 1569 and completed in 1575. It is larger and deeper than the Haghia Sophia in Istanbul. The dome is 141 feet in diameter. The Museum is housed in what was at one time a Medrese which was a school. Students lived 10 t ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more