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Akşemseddin Mosque

The mosque, located on Ankara Street, Beytepe Street, was reconstructed by Çayırlıoğlu Zeki following the Beytepe fire of 1869. The building has an internal rectangular plan and is covered with a wooden ceiling constructed using the traditional overlapping (bindirme) technique. At the center of the ceiling, there is a medallion decorated with geometric motifs.

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Sinanlı Grand Mosque

The construction date of Sinan Grand Mosque is recorded as 1547 A.D.(954 IC). As it is written in the inscription, it was built by El Hac Sinan Bin Hacı Osman. The main walls of the mosque which has a wooden pillared and wooden beamed ceiling system, except the south facade, are made of smooth-surfaced rubble stone up to the plinth level and its upper part is mudbrick. The mosque has two doors on the north facade.

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Ayaş

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Kurşunlu Mosque

Kurşunlu Mosque, situated on sloping terrain descending from north to south, was constructed in 1685 AD (1096 AH), according to the inscription above its entrance door. The building has a nearly square rectangular plan. The narthex (son cemaat yeri) is covered with three domes, supported by four columns with capitals featuring transitions formed by Turkish triangles. The mihrab was executed using the stucco molding technique and is ornamented with borders adorned with rumi motifs, as well as relief decorations featuring rosettes and wheel-of-fortune (çarkıfelek) motifs.

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İncik Dede Tomb

There is a tomb in Gümele Village Cemetery built in the name of İncik Dede, one of the dervishes who lived in the 14th century. The actual tomb site was in the Bayındır Dam Lake area, so the tomb was transferred to Gümele which is 33 km away from Çamlıdere. The area is suitable for nature walks. Access to the village is through an asphalt road.

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Çamlıdere

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Şeyh Abdurrahman Tomb

There is Şeyh Abdurrahman Tomb, which is estimated to be the son of Sheikh Ali Semerkandi, in Ortacı District, which is 32 kilometres away from Kızılcahamam and 8 kilometres from Pazar town.

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Resul Efendi Mosque

The mosque in the Castle district was built in 1674 by Resul Efendi, the clerk of Mahmud Paşa Foundation. Cut stones and mudbrick were used in the construction of the rectangular planned and roofed Mosque. There is a minaret with two balconies on the east side. The wooden ceiling and vault, geometric ceiling rosettes, wooden pulpit and the sermon lectern and windowsills are decorated with plant motifs.

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Direkli Mosque

It is located on Ulucanlar Street, between Develi, Direkli and Ceylan streets. It is a very plain-looking structure with a stone base, mudbrick walls and a sharp tile roof. Regarding the mihrab style of the mosque, which does not have an epigraph, it is estimated to have been first built in the 15th century and renovated in the 18th century. It has a wooden minaret.

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Zincirli Mosque

The mosque, located in Anafartalar Street in Ulus district, has a stone base, a brick body, and a tile roof. The wooden ceiling, pulpit, mihrab and facade layout of the building, made with “kasetleme” work, which was the typical walling technique for the late period mosques of Ankara, bear the characteristics of the 17th century. The harem section, which is entered through a single door in the north, has a single nave. An inscription in the mosque reveals that it was repaired between 1870 and 1880. On the inscription it reads “The mosque got built by Şeyhülislam Mehmet Emin Efendi from Ankara was repaired by Ankara Governor Hurşit Pasha in 1870-1880”.

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Karyağdı Tomb

The tomb in Ulus was built in the name of Aynişah Hatun, who died at a young age in 1577 or 1578 according to the foundation documents. Brick and Ankara stone were used in the construction of the tomb. There is an Ottoman inscription written on marble in the pointed arch above the door of the tomb located on the east facade. The dome of the tomb is covered with lead and there is a sarcophagus in its prayer hall.

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Bünyamin Ayaşi Mosque and Tomb

The construction of the building is dated to the late 15th century or the early 16th century. The prayer hall is accessed through a large pointed-arched portal located on the eastern side. At the northeastern corner, there is a square-plan mausoleum attached to the mosque. Both the mosque and the mausoleum underwent restoration works in 2010.

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Ayaş

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Peçenek Mosque

The mosque in Peçenek Village is in the style of 15th century single-domed masjids as regards its architectural style. It has a roof and a minaret rising above a rectangular base. There is a three-part domed narthex. The minaret is located in the northwest corner of the mosque. The perforated pots placed in the dome covering the harim increase the sound by making acoustic enforcement. The mosque was repaired in 2012.

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Çamlıdere

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İsfahani Masjıd

Isfahani Masjid, located in Bentderesi district and next to Tabakhane Mosque, was built by Sheikh El Hac Abdulkadir Isfahani b. Sheikh Yusuf in 1428. It is a small masonry structure with a rectangular roof. Cut stones and bricks were used on the front facade and coarse rubble stone was used on the other facades. The prayer hall of the masjid is plain and has a wooden ceiling.

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