Turkey
İzmir Province
Ödemiş İlçesi

Grand Mosque of Birgi

Birgi Grand Mosque, also called "Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque", is a historical mosque in . The mosque is in the town in ilçe of .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Ödemiş, Turkey, part of Birgi tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Also known as: “Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque”, “Birgi Grand Mosque”, “Birgi Mosque”, “Great Mosque of Birgi”, and “Ulu Camii”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gazi Umur Bey Monument and Çakırağa Mansion.

Work of art
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Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,832. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Its current name is a turkified version of its medieval Greek name, Pyrgion.

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is an historical mansion in , . It is in Birgi town of ilçe at It was commissioned in 1761 by Çakıroğlu Mehmet Bey who was a wealthy merchant. is situated 200 metres west of Grand Mosque of Birgi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birgi and Gereli.

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is an attractive village overlooking the Küçükmenderes Valley in the Region of Turkey, with a population of 1832 in 2022. Its name derives from Greek "Pyrgion" and from the 13th to 15th century it was capital of the Aydınoğulları principality or petty kingdom, one of several formed in the power vacuum between the collapse of the Seljuks and the rise of the Ottomans.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 955. It is situated to the east of Ödemiş. Distance to Ödemiş is 8 kilometres and to is 118 kilometres. is situated 6 km south of Grand Mosque of Birgi.

Village
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,305. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 8 km northwest of Grand Mosque of Birgi.

Grand Mosque of Birgi

Latitude
38.25656° or 38° 15′ 24″ north
Longitude
28.06737° or 28° 4′ 3″ east
Open location code
8GCC7348+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137628858
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q5995415
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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Uzbek—“Grand Mosque of Birgi” goes by many names.
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Birgi”
  • Russian: “Бирги Мечеть”
  • Turkish: “Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Camii”
  • Turkish: “Birgi Ulu Camii”
  • Uzbek: “Birgi Katta masjidi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Mosque of Birgi”. Photo: BSRF, CC BY-SA 4.0.