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Şakirin
Mosque
is
a
mosque
in
Istanbul,
Turkey.
The
building
is
located
at
one
of
the
entrances
of
Karacaahmet
Cemetery
in
Üsküdar.
It
was
built
by
the
Semiha
Şakir
Foundation
in
memory
of
İbrahim
Şakir
and
Semiha
Şakir
and
opened
on
7
May
2009.
According
to
newspaper
reports,
it
is
the
most
carbon-neutral
mosque
in
Turkey.
KARACAAHMET
CEMETERY
AND
MOSQUE
It
is
the
largest
of
Turkey
and
one
of
the
biggest
cemeteries
of
the
world.
Karacaahmet
covers
750
acres
of
land
where
the
Sultan
lodge
is
also
found.
It
is
firstly
thought
that
the
soldiers,
who
were
killed
during
the
siege
of
Istanbul
by
the
Arabs,
were
buried
here.
The
cemetery
named
after
Karaca
Ahmet
sent
to
Istanbul
by
Haci
Bektas-i
Veli
to
spread
Islam.
Karacaahmet
Cemetery
was
expropriated
four
times
including
in
1917,
1940,
1956,
1974.
During
this
expropriating,
it
was
severely
damaged
especially
during
the
confiscation
of
highways
in
1974.
Total
number
of
burials
is
not
known
precisely
as
records
were
not
kept
in
the
past
but
they
are
expressed
in
millions.
It
contains
the
graves
of
many
important
names
of
Turkish
political
and
cultural
life.
Tombstones
and
sarcophaguses
pose
important
art
properties
with
different
types
of
headings.
The
inscription
on
the
tombstone
has
the
value
of
art,
if
they
were
prepared
by
a
calligrapher's
hand.
Karacaahmet
Mosque
(Fethi
Ahmet
Pasha
Mosque);
is
located;
in
Kapı
Agasi
location
and
opposite
the
Karacaahmet
Sultan
tomb.
In
the
1934
City
Directory,
it
is
seen
that
there
is
a
path
on
three
sides
of
the
mosque.
On
Kiblah
side
of
the
mosque
and
across
the
road,
1855
dated
Fethi
Ahmet
Pasha
Fountain,
the
family
cemetery
of
Serasker
Namik
Pasha
and
Fethi
Ahmet
Pasha,
1741
dated
fountains
and
public
fountain
of
Sadeddin
Efendi
are
located
on
the
left
side
of
the
tomb
of
Sultan
Karacaahmet.
We
are
aware
that
there
is
a
fountain
which
was
built
in
1545-46
by
Grand
Vizier
Rustem
Pasha
in
the
place
where
the
mosque
is,
or
on
the
right
side
of
the
tomb
of
Sultan
Karacaahmet
and
is
square
today,
with
Masons
Mosque
built
by
Mehmet
Aga
the
officer
of
Mihrimah
Sultan
Mosque
died
in
1548.
The
sanctuary
ruined
as
the
time
went
by,
made
rebuilt
as
it
looks
today
by
Fethi
Ahmet
Pasha
in
1855.
The
mosque
has
stone
walls
and
minaret
and
wooden
roof
and
it
is
plastered.
Opposite
the
mosque,
there
is
the
tomb
of
a
person
renowned
under
the
name
Himmet
Dede,
who
died
in
1631-32.
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