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| Green Mosque | |
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Yeşil Camii | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | İznik |
| Country | Turkey |
  Location of the mosque inTurkey | |
| Coordinates | 40°25′47″N29°43′37″E / 40.4297°N 29.7269°E /40.4297; 29.7269 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Hacı Musa |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | Ottoman |
| Groundbreaking | 1378 |
| Completed | 1391 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | Two(maybe more) |
| Dome dia. (outer) | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Minaret | One |
| Minaret height | 25 m (82 ft) |
TheGreen Mosque (Turkish:Yeşil Camii) is a historicOttomanmosque, located inİznik,Turkey.
One of the earliest examples ofOttoman architecture, the Yeşil Mosque was constructed by order of theGrand VizierÇandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha of SultanMurad I in Iznik. It was later completed by his sonAli Pasha. The inscription on the mosque gives the date of construction as 780AH (1378/1379 CE) to 794 AH (1391/1392CE), and the name of the architect as Haci bin Musa.
The Yeşil Mosque is located near the Lefke Gate on the eastern edge of the city. It is composed of a three-bayportico and a single prayer hall covered with a single dome measuring 10.5 m (34 ft) in diameter. The height of the dome is 17.5 m (57 ft) above the floor, it has four windows and the lower portion of the interior walls are coated with gray marble panels.The mosque has a singleminaret in the northwestern corner of the building which is decorated with composed glazed terra-cotta green, yellow, turquoise and dark purple coloured tiles. The colourful tiles minaret gives the mosque its name: Yeşil (green in Turkish).
The mosque was damaged in 1922 by the Greek army during theTurkish War of Independence. The mosque was restored between 1956 and 1969.
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