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Şehitlik Mosque
Mosque in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Şehitlik Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany, operated by Ditib.[1][2]
Completed in 2005, the mosque building was designed in an Ottoman revival style by Hilmi Şenalp. The four storied building can house 1500 worshipers. The complex also includes a cultural center, and an information and meeting center.

The mosque took its name from the Turkish cemetery, which was laid out as a diplomatic cemetery back in 1866. Among the graves of honor there are those for the Armenian genocide perpetrators Cemal Azmi and Bahattin Şakir, which was criticized by Kurdish-German politician Giyasettin Sayan in 2005.[3]
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History
The foundation stone for the building took place in 1999, and the mosque was completed in 2005. It was designed by Hilmi Şenalp.[4]
The mosque was also the target of four arson attacks in 2010. In 2011, the perpetrator was arrested and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.[5]
Architecture
The mosque was modeled on Ottoman architecture from the 16th and 17th centuries. The mosques has two minarets of height 37.1 m (122 ft), and a main dome of height 21.3 m (70 ft).
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