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Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque

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Location
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Completed
  
1886

Architectural style
  
Ottoman architecture

Affiliation
  
Islam

Architectural type
  
Mosque

Opened
  
1886

Number of minarets
  
1

Groundbreaking
  
1884

Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque

Address
  
Cihannüma Mahallesi, 34353 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Turkey

Similar
  
Nusretiye Mosque, Dolmabahçe Mosque, Pertevniyal Valide Sultan M, Molla Çelebi Mosque, Küçük Mecidiye Mosque

The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii), also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: 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

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.

References

Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque Wikipedia