Taksim Mosque, which has been Erdoğan's "favorite project" since he was the Mayor of İstanbul, was built on a much larger area than it was originally planned during his prime ministry. Taksim Mosque was opened with a ceremony attended by President and ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated an imposing new mosque in Istanbul on Friday, fulfilling a decades-old goal and stamping a religious identity on the landmark Taksim Square in the heart of Turkey’s largest city. The Taksim mosque ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurated the first mosque in Istanbul's Taksim Square, transforming the landscape of the area, eight years to the day after protests began there that shook his government.

The mosque built in Taksim Square in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district was opened with a ceremony earlier today (May 28). While ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also attended the opening ceremony, tons of ...

ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time ambition to build a Muslim house of worship in the city’s main public space that has become a ...

The International Summer School on Mosque Design will take place in Istanbul from September 18-27, 2024, in collaboration with the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Faculty of Architecture and the Taksim Mosque Foundation. The deadline for applications ...