Melike Hatun Mosque

Melike Hatun Mosque, a blend of Ottoman, Seljuk and modern architecture, is located in Erbakan Square in the Ulus District of Ankara. A new mosque, 3 thousand 600 square meters of worship point, 7 thousand people can prayat the same time. There is also a convention, foyer area and parking lot at the bottom. Melike Hatun Mosque, a religious complex and center of life in Ankara, takes four years to build. The doors and the ivory embroidered inscriptions, gold leafs and mother-of-pearl details in the entrance sections of the mosque reflect elegant examples of modern-day woodwork. However, the Melike Hatun Mosque, which has a spacious and bright interior, has an architecture that is an example of large mosques built in the same generation with its structural details. The dome is 13.5 meters in diameter and the height of Melike Hatun Mosque is 43 meters, and 16 marble inscriptions and a slightly longer copper tools for the dome are known to have been used. The mosque, located in an elegant imposing with its 72-metre minaret with four minarets, is a candidate for being one of the icons of Ankara with its central location and both internal and external architecture.