57. Alay Şehitleri Camii

Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

Çukurova University 57th Regiment Martyrs Mosque, a mosque opened for worship in 2021 next to the Faculty of Theology of Çukurova University in Adana.

It is the largest place of worship in Adana after Sabancı Mosque. The mosque, whose foundation was laid in 2013, the 98th anniversary of the Victory at Çanakkale, commemorates the soldiers of the 57th Infantry Regiment who fought and died in the Çanakkale War. The naming of the mosque was influenced by the laying of its foundation in 2013, when the representative flag of the 57th Regiment was temporarily located at the university for one year.

The mosque’s dome was installed on 18 March 2016, the 101st anniversary of the Martyrs’ Commemoration and the Çanakkale Sea Victory; its inauguration took place on 9 October 2021.

Inside the mosque, which is located next to the Faculty of Theology of Çukurova University, there are classrooms and a cultural center.

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The text on this page is translated from: 57. Alay Şehitleri Camii (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 16 August 2025

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