ISTANBUL, TURKEY

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Despite mengidentikkan itself as the country's secular, Islamic environment in Turkey is still felt. Although appearing as the face of Europe, the majority of the people with Islamic religious life is be a private area. And, to Have a mosque, if you had to land with the old civilization. Most mosques in the country under the Kingdom of the 1300-1918 Ottoman about old age. Special in Istanbul, about 600 mosques built in the Ottoman period.

Ottoman era mosque has typical, dome-shaped form of the width. Similarly, the tapering form of menaranya. However, because the design is also no wonder that many people when terkecoh visited Ankara, the capital of Turkey. They Kocatepe Mosque as the Ottoman heritage. Indeed, the mosque magnificent classical Ottoman design with four bermenara in the Kocatepe was built in 1967 and 1987.

If to Ankara and Istanbul, and enjoy selusurilah the streets of the city parents. Turks call Camii (read: jamii) of the mosque while large mescit (read: mesjit) to Langgar. Go to the mosques, if possible, enjoy the prayer in congregation in there despite shaf not always full. After that, telitilah detail the amazing architecture. Despite not speak Turkish, you can still know how the old mosque. For, always have any posts about the years of development mosque.

Haci Bayram Mosque remember in the old town, Ulus, Ankara. Old mosque was built in the early 15th century to honor Haci Bayram Veli, a Sufi local leaders. This mosque was repaired by the kingdom of Ottoman architect, Mimar Sinan, the 16-th century, with the addition of tile-Kütahya tiles on the 18-th century. Until now, start the morning, there are those who leave for work or school, the drop in, pray outside the tomb of Haci Bayram is located next to the mosque.

That. Many of the mosque during the Ottoman kingdom was established to honor leaders, scholars and sultans. Ortakoy Mosque, for example, was founded by and for the Sultan Abdul Mecit. But, among all, the most famous mosques of Istanbul's Sultan Ahmed Camii is also called the Blue Mosque (Blue Mosque). Mosque that was built only with the six-tower is the most famous monuments of the Turkish nation and Islamic world.

Blue Mosque, until now, still functions as a place of worship. Enter into a mosque complex in Istanbul, we go through the flower garden of shady trees protected. Wudhu a place in line at the front of the mosque before we enter the interior of the mosque complex.

To respect the mosque, visitors should be decently dressed when entering the mosque space. Women must wear veil. Guards are always ready to remind the front entrance. Once up in, a number of Muslim delegates to the mosque to pray sunah. While others looked out of the mosque shaf back. For the front of the only permitted for those who want bershalat.

From outside, it seems there is no reason for the paper architect Mehmet Aga, built in 1609-1616 which is called by the name Blue Mosque. Then after we go into, it appears that the interior is decorated mosque 20,000 from Iznik ceramics - Turkish area of the famous ceramics producing topnotch - blue, green, purple, and white.

Ornaments flowers and plants that appear to spiral memendarkan very beautiful blue color when the sunlight touches the entrance through the window glass solder 260. Blue Mosque exactly opposed to the Hagia Sophia. Most of the foreign tourists who come to Istanbul will never miss the Ayasofya, so the name of this building is called. From 19:30 until 09.00 o'clock, hundreds of people visited each day in the church are making the mosque, and now functions as a museum.

By paying 10 YTL (Yeni Turk Lirasi, New Turkish Lira), we must pass before it can enter the detector Ayasofya. While mengantre, we can throw a view to the right. On the front page a number of buildings that stand mausoleum, mausoleum of which the Sultan and Sultan Ibrahim Mustafa, Sultan Mehmet III, son of the mausoleum and the crown. From near, appeared pink walls Ayasofya comes from the color of stone batanya unique. Ayasofya, built by Konstantin the Great and considered as Adikarya Bizantium art.

Ayasofya Construction first started in the second half-century to 4 M. Ayasofya serve its function as a church for 916 years. After the War Cross fourth, building a mosque in the 15th century. Renowned Turkish architect, Mimar Sinan adds two towers at the front. And, 477 years working as Ayasofya mosque. In 1930, Father of the Republic of Turkey, Ataturk, ordered to make the museum.

The symbol of Islam and Christian decorate the interior of the building. The writings of Allah, Muhammad, calligraphy and verses of the Qur'an decorate the walls and glass windows in the solder. While the dome is still there in the paintings of Mary and her son. Mihrab golden-carved with a magnificent carving is one of the tourist center of attention. Near the mihrab in the wall that was built during the Sultan Mehmet II, we can find that describe the mosaic tiles Ka'bah. Visitors can only see the beauty impressed berdecak masterpiece past this. (rn)

source: perempuan.com