Sabanci Central Mosque

Sabanci Central Mosque in Adana is the biggest mosque in Turkey. The outside of the mosque is like the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, however it has six minarets, like the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The mosque, which went into benefit in 1998, was built upon a reallocated Armenian burial ground. It is based on a sum of 52,600 square meters of land and has a shut region of 6,600 square meters. Sabanci Central Mosque was constructed together by Turkish Religious Foundation and Sabanci Foundation.

Sabanci Central Mosque is based on the crossing point of the fundamental supply routes, railroad lines and streets that associate Adana to the encompassing urban areas and towns, has nearly turned into the image of the city with its high minarets noticeable from anyplace in the city. The Mosque, which has an ability to offer support of 28,500 individuals, is well known for being one of the greatest mosques in the Balkans and in the Middle East. The Mosque has all offices including 4 classrooms, 10 itikaf rooms, rooms of imam and muezzin, dialog rooms and the wellspring.

The greater part of the calligraphic works in the Mosque have a place with the Calligrapher Huseyin Kutlu. The tile work of the Mosque has been finished by utilizing Iznik tile work procedure. Four major boards confronting Kiblah are the world's greatest mosque boards in estimate. All work of art and tile designs in the Mosque have a place with Architect Nakkas M. Semih Irtes. The specialty, lectern, stage, entrance and different entryways are altogether made of marble and they have been planned in the style that is found in traditional Ottoman mosques and have been worked by Nihat Kartal.