List of Turkish Grand Mosques
Ulucami or Cami-i Kebir (الجامع الكبير) meaning "Great Mosque" in Turkish and Arabic, respectively, is a name originally given to the grandest Friday mosque of a Turkish city. The name generally sticks with the first mosque to which it is applied, even if later mosques are larger or more elaborate. The Ulucami was the largest mosque of a city, were the citizens gathered to pray the Friday Prayers, though today it is common for Muslims in a single city to gather in several different mosques for these prayers.
List
| Province | City | Name | Commissioner | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kars | Kars | Kars Ulucami | Dilaver Pasha | 1643 |
| Karaman | Ermenek | Ermenek Ulucami | Karamanid Mehmed Bey | 1312 |
| Kayseri | ||||
| Bünyan | Bünyan Ulucami | Zahireddin Mahmud | 1334 | |
| Kayseri | Kayseri Ulucami | Danishmendids | 1205 | |
| Erzincan | Erzincan | Erzincan Ulucami (Gülâbi-bey Cami) | Gülâbi Bey | 1486 |
| Tokat | Tokat | Tokat Ulucami | 1300s? | |
| Niksar | Niksar Ulucami | Cenebnizâde Hasan Bey | 1165 | |
| Çankırı | Çankırı | Çankırı Ulucami | Suleiman I | 1522-58? |
| Bolu | Bolu | Bolu Ulucami | Bayezid I | 1390 |
| Konya | ||||
| Ereğli | Ereğli Ulucami | Karamanid Mehmet Bey | 1426 | |
| Akşehir | Akşehir Ulucami | Kaykaus I | 1213 | |
| Konya | Alaeddin Mosque | 1150 | ||
| Beyşehir | Eşrefoğlu Mosque | Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey | 1299 | |
| Çorum | Çorum | Çorum Ulucami | Hayreddin | 1300s? |
| Siirt | Siirt | Siirt Ulucami | Mahmud II of Great Seljuq | 1129 |
| Mugla | ||||
| Milas | Milas Ulucami | 1378 | ||
| Muğla | Muğla Ulucami | İbrahim of Menteşe[Note 1] | 1340 | |
| Edirne | Edirne | Old Mosque | Mehmed I | 1414 |
| Kastamonu | Kastamonu | Atabey Camii | 1273 | |
| Hatay | Antakya | Antakya Ulucami | 1400s? | |
| Adana | ||||
| Adana | Adana Ulucami | Halil Bey of Ramadanids-Piri Mehmet Pasha [Note 2] | 1513 | |
| Kozan | Hoşkadem Cami | 1448 | ||
| Kilis | Kilis | Kilis Ulucami | 1339 | |
| Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Ömeriye Cami | 1210? | |
| Batman | Hasankeyf | Hasankeyf Ulucami | 1325? | |
| Malatya | Malatya | Malatya Ulucami | Kayqubad I | 1224 |
| Bayburt | Bayburt | Bayburt Ulucami | Mesud II | 1298 |
| İzmir | ||||
| Selçuk | Isa Bey Mosque | Aydinid İsa Bey | 1375 | |
| Birgi | Birgi Ulucami | Aydinids | 1311 | |
| Bergama | Bergama Ulucami | Bayezid I | 1399 | |
| Ödemiş | Ödemiş Ulucami | Aydinid Mahmud Bey | 1311 | |
| Antalya | Antalya | Yivli Minare Mosque | Kayqubad I | 1230 |
| Sivas | Sivas | Sivas Ulucami | Kızılarslan bin İbrahim | 1197 |
| Van | ||||
| Van | Van Ulucami | Qara Yusuf | 1400 | |
| Adilcevaz | Adilcevaz Ulucami | 1300-1500? | ||
| Afyon | Afyon | Afyon Ulucami | 1272 | |
| Ankara | Ankara | Arslanhane Ulucami | 1290 | |
| Eskişehir | ||||
| Sivrihisar | Sivrihisar Ulucami | 1247 | ||
| Eskişehir | Eskişehir Ulucami | Kaykhusraw III | 1267 | |
| Samsun | Samsun | Samsun Ulucami | 1885 | |
| Manisa | Manisa | Manisa Ulucami | 1374 | |
| Kahramanmaraş | ||||
| Elbistan | Elbistan Ulucami | 1498-1515 | ||
| Kahramanmaraş | Kahramanmaraş Ulucami | Alaüdevle of Dulkadirids[Note 3] | 1496 | |
| Isparta | Isparta | Isparta Ulucami | 1417 | |
| Mardin | ||||
| Mardin | Mardin Ulucami | Artukids | 1190 | |
| Kızıltepe | Kızıltepe Ulucami | Artukids | 1204 | |
| Bitlis | Bitlis | Bitlis Ulucami | Artukids | 1126 |
| Şanlıurfa | ||||
| Şanlıurfa | Şanlıurfa Ulucami | 1170 | ||
| Harran | Harran Ulucami | Marwan II | 750 | |
| Sinop | Sinop | Sinop Ulucami | Pervâne | 1267 |
| Burdur | Burdur | Burdur Ulucami | Dündar Bey | 1299 |
| Kütahya | Kütahya | Kütahya Ulucami | Ottomans | 1410 |
| Aksaray | Aksaray | Aksaray Ulucami | Mehmet II of Karaman [Note 4] | 1408 |
| Bursa | Bursa | Bursa Ulucami | Beyazıt I | 1396 |
| Diyarbakır | ||||
| Diyarbakır | Great Mosque of Diyarbakır | Malikshah of Seljuks | 1091 (?) | |
| Silvan | Silvan Ulucami | Artukids | 1157 | |
| Elazığ | Elazığ | Harput Ulucami | Fahrettin Karaaslan od Artukids[Note 5] | 1156 |
| Mersin | ||||
| Mersin | Mersin Ulucami | (Citizens) | 1898 | |
| Tarsus | Tarsus Ulucami | Ibrahim of Ramazanoğlu | 1579 (?) | |
| Niğde | Niğde | Niğde Ulucami | Zeynelettin Başara (Sanjakbey of Seljuks) | 1233 |
| Sivas | Divriği | Divriği Ulucami | Ahmed of Mengujekids[Note 6] | 1228 |
| Uşak | Uşak | Uşak Ulucami | Sulayman of Germiyanids[Note 7] | 1419 (?) |
Notes
- ^ Menteşe was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Ramadanids was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Dulkadir was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Karaman was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Artukid was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Mengujek was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.
- ^ Germiyan was the name of a Turkmen dynasty in Turkey.