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The Diyarbakir Great Mosque, is the most famous and largest of Diyarbakirs mosques, and one of the oldest buildings in Anatolia. Before the conquest of Diyarbakir it was the largest church in the city, it was formerly known as Mar Thoma Church, its use as a mosque began with the conquest of Diyarbakir in 639. The mosque is an important historical heritage of the Islamic world, the Great Mosque was accepted as the fifth sanctuary in the Islamic world, meaning The fourth point, which is the center of Islam after the Kaaba, is the Great Mosque! The structure, which was badly damaged by a fire in 1115, has been repaired several times from the past to the present, stone materials were generally used in the construction of the mosque. Since the mihrab and minbar of the mosque were damaged, they were replaced in the Ottoman era, for this reason there is no information about how it was in its original condition, the hand-painted decorations on the ceiling are one of the most attractive points of the mosque.
