Religious, Spiritual sights in Central Anatolia
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Hacı Bayram Camii
Ankara's most revered mosque is Hacı Bayram Camii, near the Temple of Augustus & Rome. Hacı Bayram Veli was a Muslim 'saint' who founded the Bayramiye dervish order around 1400. Ankara was the order's centre and Hacı Bayram Veli is still revered by pious Muslims. The mosque precincts are ringed with shops selling religious paraphernalia (including wooden toothbrushes as used, supposedly, by the Prophet Mohammed).
You can buy food to feed the pigeons in the nearby pigeon feeding area (Güvercin Yemleme Alanı).
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Mehmet Paşa Camii
The pretty Mehmet Paşa Camii was built in 1486 by Lala Mehmet Paşa, tutor to Şehzade Ahmet, the son of Sultan Beyazıt II. Don't miss the beautiful marble mimber (pulpit). The complex originally included the builder's tomb, an imaret (soup kitchen), tabhane (hospital), hamam and handan (inn).
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Kocatepe Camii
The outline of the huge Kocatepe Camii in Kızılay is now the symbol of Ankara. It may be one of the largest mosques in the world but it is also very new. However, Ankara does still have one or two older mosques, and the relics in the Ethnography Museums are poignant reminders of others that have long since disappeared.
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İplikçi Camii
The İplikçi Camii, perhaps Konya's oldest mosque (1202), was built for the Seljuk vizier Şemseddin Altun-Aba in unadorned style: a forest of columns, arches and vaults.
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Selimiye Camii
Across from the museum entrance is the Selimiye Camii, endowed by Sultan Selim II in 1567 when he was the governor of Konya.
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Burmalı Minare Camii
The Burmalı Minare Camii was built by the Seljuks between 1237 and 1247, with elegant spiral carving on the minaret.
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Alaüddevle Camii
This mosque found near the Coppersmith's Market, is worth admiring.
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