Liberation Mosquee

Liberation Mosque, formerly the St. Mary's Cathedral or Holy Mother of God Church, is located in the Tepebaşı district of , Gaziantep, Turkey. Initially built as an Armenian Apostolic church, it was converted into a stable after the Armenian genocide and later into a jail.
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Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: church building in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Liberation mosque” and “Liberation Mosque”
  • Address: Gaziantep, Şahinbey

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Atatürk Memorial Museum and Gaziantep Castle.

Museum
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 200 metres northeast of Liberation Mosquee.

Castle
Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle on top of a mound in the centre of , Turkey. First used as an observation point during the Hittite Empire, it was expanded into a castle during Roman rule. The castle was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023. is situated 1 km northeast of Liberation Mosquee.

Synagogue
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Great Synagogue of Gaziantep, is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue located in , in south-central . No longer used as a synagogue, the building is abandoned. is situated 690 metres northeast of Liberation Mosquee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaziantep and Şahinbey.

Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . It's Turkey's fifth largest city, with a population of 1,700,000 in 2022, and its best-known attraction is the collection of Roman mosaics from Zeugma.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 941,055. It was named after Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,194.

Liberation Mosquee

Latitude
37.06025° or 37° 3′ 37″ north
Longitude
37.37562° or 37° 22′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G9V396G+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 300646387
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q22083679
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Liberation Mosquee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد التحرير”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի (Այնթապ)”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի”
  • Bengali: “মুক্তি মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد التحرير”
  • French: “Mosquée de la Libération”
  • German: “Kurtuluş-Moschee”
  • Italian: “Moschea di Kurtuluş”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frigjøringsmoskéen”
  • Norwegian: “Frigjøringsmoskéen”
  • Russian: “мечеть Куртулус”
  • Russian: “Сурб Аствацацин”
  • Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Богородицы (Газиантеп)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Богородицы”
  • Turkish: “Antep Meryem Ana Kilisesi”
  • Turkish: “Kurtuluş Camii”
  • Turkish: “Surp Asdvadzadzin Katedrali”
  • Uzbek: “Kurtuluş masjidi”

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