ORTAKOY CAMII

ON THE BOSPHORUS

Ortakoy Camii is "pint-sized" in comparison to other mosques "on the other side of the golden horn".

The mosque was built in Neo-baroque style.

In the interior of the mosque, there are wide, "high bay windows" which refract its reflection in water as well as daylight. 

There are also several panels of calligraphy by Abdulmecid himself.

ORTAKOY CAMII

ON THE BOSPHORUS

Ortakoy Camii consists of a two-story "sultan apartment" which has a "U shaped" plan, a main venue with a square plan which is covered with one dome.

The "sliced facades" with mounting columns are "enriched" by carvings as well as relief, giving the mosque a "dynamic appearance". 

There are two rows of windows providing the main venue a "good illumination".

ORTAKOY MOSQUE

ON THE BOSPHORUS

The current Ortakoy Mosque, which was erected in its place, was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdulmecid and built between 1854 and 1856, on the ruins of the Cantemir Palace. 

Its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigogayos Balyan (who also designed the nearby Dolmabahce Palace and Dolmabahce Mosque), who designed it in the Neo-Baroque style.

ORTAKOY MOSQUE

ON THE BOSPHORUS

Ortakoy Mosque, officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid), is situated at the waterside of the Ortakoy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. 

On this site, a masjid commissioned by the son-in-law of Vizier Ibrahim Pasha used to stand. Built in 1721, it was ruined during the Patrona Halil Uprising.