Kocatepe Mosque

The programme for building Kocatepe Mosque began with a decision taken in 1944, and the project of architects Hüsrev Tayla and Fatin Uluengin was started in 1967. The project, which was transferred to the Turkish Religious Foundation in 1981, was completed and the mosque was opened on 28 August 1987 by Turgut Özal, the prime minister of the time. Kocatepe Mosque was built as a two-storey mosque on a high platform; it houses a conference hall, a library, a mortuary, a carpark, a big trade centre and administrative quarters in the lower parts. The pillars in the mosque and the walls of the gathering areas are covered with Konya travertines and and the accessories of the stairs, the balconies and railings of the prayer hall are built from Afyon marble. Numerous artists have worked on the mosque’s decorative inscriptions. There is a big chandelier in the main hall.

Baba Kıbel Tomb

It is located in an old settlement called Yukarı Çeştepe, about 2 km from the Çeştepe District. Kıbel Baba opened a monastery to accommodate passengers in the Classical Ottoman Period. Right next to this building, which is in ruins today, is the tomb. There is a mosque adjacent to the tomb and a mound nearby. There is also a tombstone in the tomb.

Hacettepe Mosque

The mosque, located in Sarıkadın Street, Hacettepe Sümer district, is a plain building with adobe walls, wooden beams, a stone basement and a tile roof. It has a wooden minaret in the northeast side. The women’s hall and the ceiling have been renovated in the last centuries, and today it is oil painted. Hacettepe Mosque is striking for its mihrab dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries.

Şeyh İzzeddin Masjıd and Tomb

The masjid does not have an inscription, but it is assumed to be built in the 14th century considering its architecture. The longitudinal rectangular planned masjid in Hacıbayram Quarter is a building with adobe walls on a stone foundation, a wooden beam ceiling, and tiled roof. The building’s small but wooden beamed ceiling that forms the upper cover bears the characteristics of the late Seljuk and early Ottoman mosques in Ankara. The narthex in the north, which is closed on two sides and open in the front, was added to the mosque during the restoration in 2009. Plaster mihrab made in molding technique bears the characteristics of 17-18th century. It has a small and wooden minaret. The tomb is in the north of the mosque, and the inscription belonging to the tomb is in Ankara Museum of Ethnography. The date of construction is 1306 according to the inscription of the masjid. The site went through a major renovation in 2009. The original tomb had been demolished in the 1930s, and later a concrete tomb and additional buildings were built on the foundations of the tomb.

Ahi Elvan Mosque

The mosque, located in Koyunpazarı district, was first built on a sloping land at the end of the 14th century by Hacı Mecdüddin İsa b. Mehmed Bey, father of Ahi Elvan, and was repaired by Ahi Elvan in 1413. The wooden ceiling of the mosque, which has a rectangular plan, roof and a minaret, is supported by 12 wooden columns arranged in three rows. Marble capitals are from the Roman period. There is an inscription on the masterwork wooden pulpit made of walnut wood in the mosque, and this pulpit was made by the carpenter, Mehmed b. Beyazıd from Harput.

Ağaçayak Mosque

Located on Ulucanlar Street, the mosque is housed in a large courtyard. It is made of rubble stone up to the basement part, and in the above the mudbrick walls are strengthened with timber. It is estimated to have been built in 1705. It is a late Ottoman period building that is remarkable for its wooden painted pulpit and mihrab.

Yörük Dede Tomb

It is estimated to be built in the 14th century. The body walls of the Yörük Dede Tomb, which attracts attention with its pentagon structure, are made of rubble stone and brick pieces inserted between the stones with a specific technique. The rim on the main walls has octagonal edges, and three rows of brick beams are used in the rim. The building is covered with an octagonal pyramid-shaped cone from the outside.

Ilyakut Vıllage Mosque

The mosque, in absence of an inscription, is dated to the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century according to its architectural style. The main walls of the mosque are built of rubble stone and strengthened the timber beams. The minaret of the mosque rises in the northwest corner. The outer courtyard of the mosque is divided into three sections by four wooden columns. There are hand-drawn decorations on the wooden ceiling beams of the mosque.

Ahi Yakub Masjıd

It is located on a sloping land in Çamlıca street of İsmetpaşa district. The mosque, which is reached via an 11-step staircase on the east facade, is made of mudbrick. It is towering on a stone foundation and is a plain looking structure with a tile roof. It was built in 1392 by Ahi Yakub, son of Ahi Çelebi who was son of Ahi Sinan. It stands out with its typical mihrab, as the 14th century Ankara mosques.

Şeyh Muhiddin Mosque and Tomb

The walls are of mud-brick with wooden beams and were recently covered with plaster supported with wire mesh. The plaster mihrab of the mosque is remarkable. The pulpit and women’s lodge are wooden. The mosque consisting of a single space has a transverse rectangular plan and wooden ceiling.

Akşemseddin Mosque

The mosque, located on Ankara Street, Beytepe Street, was reconstructed by Çayırlıoğlu Zeki following the Beytepe fire of 1869. The building has an internal rectangular plan and is covered with a wooden ceiling constructed using the traditional overlapping (bindirme) technique. At the center of the ceiling, there is a medallion decorated with geometric motifs.

Sinanlı Grand Mosque

The construction date of Sinan Grand Mosque is recorded as 1547 A.D.(954 IC). As it is written in the inscription, it was built by El Hac Sinan Bin Hacı Osman. The main walls of the mosque which has a wooden pillared and wooden beamed ceiling system, except the south facade, are made of smooth-surfaced rubble stone up to the plinth level and its upper part is mudbrick. The mosque has two doors on the north facade.