Doğramacızade Ali Sami Paşa Mosque

The Doğramacızade Ali Paşa Mosque is a mosque located in the Bilkent area of the Çankaya district of Ankara.

It was commissioned by İhsan Doğramacı in the name of his father Doğramacızade Ali Paşa. Designed by architect Erkut Şahinbaş, it is Turkey's first technological mosque and provides only worship services.

Built on a 50‑decare site that includes a parking lot and a large green area, with a 4,500‑square‑metre covered area, the mosque, whose construction lasted two years and cost 15 million dollars, was opened on Friday, 26 September 2008. At the opening, the then Minister of the Interior Beshir Atalay, Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gönül, Minister of National Education Hüseyin Çelik, Minister of Health Recep Akdağ, Minister of State Said Yazıcıoğlu, Deputy Chairman of the Justice and Development Party Necati Çetinkaya, former Minister of the Interior Abdulkadir Aksu, President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs Ali Bardakoğlu and Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı attended.

A smart building system has been implemented in the Doğramacızade Ali Paşa Mosque. The mosque's lighting, heating and cooling systems are computer‑controlled, and the heating, cooling and ventilation systems operate according to prayer times. According to the schedule, the heating or cooling system and the ventilation system are activated 30–45 minutes before prayer time. The Doğramacızade Ali Paşa Mosque was awarded the Abdullatif Al Fozan Mosque Architecture Award in 2023. [2]

After İhsan Doğramacı's death on 25 February 2010, he was interred in the memorial tomb located at the rear of the mosque on 28 February 2010. His wife, Ayser Doğramacı, who died on 10 November 2018, was buried in the family cemetery at the mosque on 12 November 2018. [3]