Fatih Mosque

Fatih Mosque is a mosque located in the Konak district of İzmir province, Turkey.

History

A small mosque that previously served as a house stood on the site of Fatih Mosque, located on United Nations Street (Varyant). In 1987, the Varyant Fatih Mosque Preservation and Revitalization Association, which took over this mosque, decided to demolish it because it was beyond repair and to build a new mosque with monumental characteristics in its place. Construction of the mosque began in 1988, and it was opened for worship in the month of Ramadan in 1996.

Architecture

The mosque has a single minaret with a height of 40 m. There is one large and twelve small domes in the mosque. The exterior façade of the mosque is covered with blue tiles.