Selimiye Mosque

The Selimiye Mosque is a in the district of in , , near the . It was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Selim III and built between 1801 and 1805.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Büyük Selimiye Camii”, “Selim Üsküdar Mosque”, and “Selimiye Mosque, Üsküdar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Selimiye Barracks and Leander Tower.

Military installation
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, also known as Scutari Barracks, is a Turkish Army barracks located in in the district on the side of , . is situated 250 metres south of Selimiye Mosque.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of in , . is situated 1½ km northwest of Selimiye Mosque.

Mosque
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is a in , . The building is located at one of the entrances of the historic Karacaahmet Cemetery in . It was built by the Semiha Şakir Foundation in memory of İbrahim Şakir and Semiha Şakir and opened on 7 May 2009. is situated 760 metres northeast of Selimiye Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salacak and Koşuyolu.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 9,522. It is located on the Asian shore of the , to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of , , . It is on the side of the city and is bordered on the northwest and northeast by the district of , on the east and southeast by the Kadıköy neighborhood of , and on the southwest by the Kadıköy neighborhood of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the district of , , . The population is 12,341. is an important historical neighborhood, much of which is registered as an Urban and Historical Protected Area.

Selimiye Mosque

Latitude
41.00966° or 41° 0′ 35″ north
Longitude
29.01634° or 29° 0′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GHF2258+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237684224
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q16825097
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Selimiye Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد السليمية (أوسكودار)”
  • Arabic: “مسجد السليمية”
  • Chinese: “大塞利米耶清真寺”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée Selimiye”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Selim Üsküdar”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Selimiye (Estambul)”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Selimiye”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Selimiye Camii”
  • Turkish: “Selimiye Camii”
  • Turkish: “Üsküdar Selimiye Camii”
  • Urdu: “بڑی سلیمانی مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Salimiya masjidi (Üsküdar)”
  • Uzbek: “Salimiya masjidi”

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Highlights include İbrahim Hakkı Konyalı Kütüphanesi and Selimiye Hamami.

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