Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque

Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41°02′57.88″N 29°00′35.77″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Sarkis Balyan
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking	1884
Completed	1886
Minaret(s)	1

The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii, Yıldız Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to Yıldız Palace. The mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. The mosque was built on a rectangular plan and has one minaret. The architecture of the mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs. A bronze colonnade erected by Abdul Hamid II in Marjeh Square of Damascus, Syria bears a replica statue of the Yıldız Mosque on top.

Assassination attempt of Abdul Hamid II

Yıldız Hamidiye mosque during an Ottoman state ceremony in the late 19th century.

On 21 July 1905, members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation attempted to assassinate Abdul Hamid II by placing a horse carriage bomb in front of the mosque, an event known as the Yıldız assassination attempt. Although the bomb failed to kill the sultan due to an unforeseen delay, it killed 26 others and wounded 58 more. The attempt was in response to the pogroms and massacres against Armenians and other minorities of the Ottoman Empire carried out by Abdul Hamid II's government, the Hamidian massacres.

See also

• Yıldız assassination attempt
• Yıldız Palace
• Yıldız Clock Tower
• List of mosques
• Ottoman architecture

References

• Koksal, Irfan (trans.). "General information on Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque". Istanbul 2010: European Capital of Culture. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

External links

Media related to Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque at Wikimedia Commons

• Images of the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque