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Istanbul, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the Middle East, contains a great number of mosques. In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul.
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Byzantine buildings
These Byzantine structures were converted to mosques by the Ottomans.
Ottoman mosques
Post-Ottoman mosques
References
List of mosques in Istanbul Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA