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The Great Mosque, built by Yildirim Bayezid after the victory of Niğbolu, was completed in 1399. It occupies its place among the early Ottoman architectural works, it has twenty domes. The minbar, one of the most original and rare works of art in the mosque, was made by Antebli Haji Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Aziz Ed-Devvaki with the Kondikari technique. The walls of the mosque are also called the Calligraphy Museum which contains 200 calligraphy paintings and writings by many calligraphers. On these lines are Surah, Ayat, Ayat al-Kursi, hadith, the good writings of Ismail, the names of God and the Prophet Muhammad. The Ulu Mosque, one of the largest in Turkey, has an internal area of 3,165 square meters.
