Aslanhane Mosque

Aslanhāne Mosque aka Ahi Sherafeddin Mosque is a 13th-century mosque in , and one of the oldest in Turkey.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Ankara, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ali Şerafettin Cami” and “Arslanhane Camii”
  • Address: Altındağ/Ankara

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and Ankara Castle.

Museum
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The is located on the south side of in the Atpazarı area in , Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. is situated 330 metres northwest of Aslanhane Mosque.

Castle
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is a historic fortification in the city of , , constructed in or after the 7th century. The earliest fortification on the site was constructed in the 8th century BC by the Phrygians and rebuilt in 278 BC by the Galatians. is situated 530 metres north of Aslanhane Mosque.

Museum
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The is located in Altındağ, Ankara, , and displayed in a historical home. As of 2024 the museum has the largest chess set collection in the world with 723 chess sets collected from 110 countries exhibited under four main themes in an area of 1,008 square metres. is situated 280 metres southwest of Aslanhane Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulus and Altındağ.

Quarter
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is a quarter in , and is located at the center of the capital city. It was once the heart of old Ankara. The name means "tribe, nation" in Turkish.

Town
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is a municipality and a metropolitan district of , . Its area is 123 km2, and its population is 413,994. It covers the northeastern part of the city of . Its elevation is 900 m.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

Aslanhane Mosque

Latitude
39.9367° or 39° 56′ 12″ north
Longitude
32.86524° or 32° 51′ 55″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 363095476
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q6033876
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Aslanhane Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع أرسلان خانة”
  • Arabic: “جامع أصلان خانه”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arslanhane məscidi”
  • Bengali: “আরসালান খানেহ মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “阿斯蘭哈內清真寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع اصلان خانه”
  • Georgian: “ასლანჰანეს მეჩეთი”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Ασλανχανέ”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Aslanhane”
  • Kazakh: “Асланхан мешіті”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جامع أرسلان خانه”
  • Persian: “مسجد ارسلان‌خانه”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Асланхане”
  • Scots: “Aslanhane Mosque”
  • Turkish: “Ahî Şerafeddin Camii”
  • Turkish: “Ahi Şerafettin Camii”
  • Turkish: “Arslanhane Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Асланхане”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Асланхане”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Ахі Шерафеддіна”
  • Urdu: “ارسلان خانہ مسجد”
  • Urdu: “ارسلان خانے مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Aslanhane masjidi”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارسلان خانہ مسجد”

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