Bodrum Mosque

Byzantium's Myrelaion Monastery previously

Without GPS I wouldn't be sure I could have found this little mosque. It is located in the middle of shops area and not visible from main street. Small mosque but beautiful, previously used as church,...

An historically interesting church converted to a mosque

Having failed to find this building in the morning, we had better luck later in the afternoon. It is not easy to find! There are 2 major points of interest. The first is that the crypt, (which still h...

So beautiful

An old, small but truly beautiful, old byzantine church that has been converted into a mosque. Really hard to find but really worth the effort. Don't ask the local shopkeepers for its whereabouts....

Nice venue to visit

Bodrum Mosque is located in Laleli district of Fatih Town in İstanbul.This is a former Eastern Orthodox Church converted into a Mosque by the Ottomans.This is in the heart of Laleli where you can rea...

Home church.

Original Text

One of the most interesting places, so to say the find number one, in the Istanbul district of Laleli, I would call the Bodrum mosque. Small churches may not be as grand as their imperial fellows, but they ...