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Key facts
- Affiliation
- Islam
- Leadership
- Imam(s): , Mehmet Atıcı
- Location
- Ankara , Turkey
- Administration
- Turkish government
- Type
- Mosque
- Established
- Islamic era
- Capacity
- 24,000 worshippers
- Length
- 67 m
- Width
- 64m
- Minaret height
- 88 m (289 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mosque
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Ankara
- Image
- Ankara asv2021-10 img40 Kocatepe Mosque.jpg
- Has use
- mosque
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- Commons category
- Kocatepe Mosque
- Commons Institution page
- Kocatepe Mosque
- architectural style
- Ottoman architecture
- inception
- 1987-00-00
- native label
- Kocatepe Camii
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kocatepe Mosque (Turkish: Kocatepe Camii) is the largest mosque in Ankara, Turkey. It was built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter in Kızılay, and its size and prominent situation have made it a landmark that can be seen from almost anywhere in central Ankara.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kocatepe Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.