Beştepe People's Mosque

Beştepe People's Mosque or People's Mosque is a mosque with a capacity of 3000 located in the Presidential Complex, which houses the Presidential Palace, the residence of the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the Beştepe neighborhood of Yenimahalle district, Ankara province. It was opened for worship on 3 July 2015. Its opening took place just before the Friday prayer. The mosque has four minarets, each 60 metres high, with two balconies on each. The prayer hall is 5117 square metres and a main dome is covered by four half domes.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the mosque's opening, "I believe that this mosque, both with its architecture and its position within the complex, will provide very important contributions to the region, to Ankara, and to our country." In addition to Erdoğan, the opening ceremony was attended by the then Speaker of the Grand National Assembly İsmet Yılmaz, the then Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Mehmet Görmez, ministers and a large number of members of parliament.