List of mosques in Istanbul

Istanbul, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the Middle East, contains a great number of mosques. In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul.

Byzantine buildings

These Byzantine structures were converted to mosques by the Ottomans.

Ottoman mosques

Eyüp Sultan Mosque, 1458
Mahmut Pasha Mosque, Eminönü, 1463
Fatih Mosque, 1470
Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray, 1471
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1471
Firuz Ağa Mosque, 1491
Handan Agha Mosque, 15th century
Bayezid II Mosque, 1506
Yavuz Selim Mosque, 1527/28
Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1530–31
Haseki Sultan Mosque, 1539
Defterdar Mosque, 1542
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar), 1548
Şehzade Mosque, 1548
Burmalı Mescit Mosque, 1550
Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, 1551
Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul), 1555
Süleymaniye Mosque, 1558
İskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlıca, 1560
Rüstem Pasha Mosque, 1563
Mihrimah Mosque, 1565
Kara Ahmet Pasha Mosque,
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque, 1572
Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque, 1577
Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex, 1580
Şemsi Pasha Mosque, 1581
Atik Valide Mosque, 1583
Molla Çelebi Mosque, 1584
Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque, 1585
Kırmızı Minare Mosque, probably 1591
İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih, 15th or 16th centuries
Blue Mosque, 1616
New Mosque, 1665
Yeni Valide Mosque, 1710
Nuruosmaniye Mosque, 1755
Zeynep Sultan Mosque, 1769
Büyükdere Kara Mehmet Kethüda Mosque, 18th century
Emirgan Mosque, 1781
Laleli Mosque, 1783
Teşvikiye Mosque, 1794
Selimiye Mosque, Üsküdar, 1805
Muhammad Maarifi Mosque, 1818
Nusretiye Mosque, 1826
Küçük Mecidiye Mosque, 1843
Dolmabahçe Mosque, 1855
Ortaköy Mosque, 1856
Altunizade Mosque, 1865
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, 1872
Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, 1886
Bebek Mosque, 1913

Post-Ottoman mosques