Bodrum Mosque

Bodrum Mosque
Bodrum Camii
The mosque viewed from northwest as of 2014
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Bodrum Mosque is located in Istanbul Fatih
Bodrum Mosque
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
Geographic coordinates41°0′31″N 28°57′20″E / 41.00861°N 28.95556°E / 41.00861; 28.95556
Architecture
Typechurch with cross-in-square plan
StyleByzantine
Completed10th century
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
MaterialsBrick

Bodrum Mosque (Turkish: Bodrum Camii, or Mesih Paşa Camii named after its converter) in Istanbul, Turkey, is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.[1] The church was known under the Greek name of Myrelaion (Greek: Eκκλησία του Μυρελαίου).[2]

  1. ^ It must not be mistaken for the Mesih Mehmed Paşa Camii, which is another mosque founded in the late sixteenth century.
  2. ^ The identification of the church could be done thanks to the precise description given by Petrus Gillius in his topographic work about Constantinople. Striker (1981), p. 3.