I used to know a square, a rather decrepit affair, where a few shops struggled, and ambulatory traders sold all sorts of mobile phones and similar electrical devices. I had not been in town for a few years, and was not surprised to see the square gone. Or rather, there now was a larger square, and on it a mosque of the type that seems to be sown all over the country. Large, not particularly ugly, but devoid of anything spectacular Maybe the extended “son cemaat” area made it stand apart from the copy-pasted quasi Ottoman style mosques.
I belatedly found its name, and as I did not find it at first, decided Google Maps would help me. Well, no. I could choose, for obviously the same building, from Ulus İtfaiye Meydanı Camisi (that would be the large mosque on the firemen’s square, the Osmanlı Camii (Ottoman mosque), the Anadolu Ulu Camii (Anatolian big mosque), the Ankara Cami (“the” Ankara mosque, silly name in that large a city), Melike Sultan Camii (the mosque for a Melik who was a sultan’s wife), and the Opera Cami (Opera mosque, there is a new and old opera building not too far off). Oh, let’s not forget Altındağ Camii (Altındağ being the name of a nearby hill).
On occasion I have informed Google Maps about errors on their maps, but this is a mess.
I zoomed the map a bit and found there is also mention made of a Mehlika Hatun Cami. And then at last I found a picture I took of a nameplate: Melike Hatun Camii (2017). So I call the gallery thus.