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5 September 2017

The doorway to the prayer hall of the Khosrofiye Mosque, the work of Sinan (1546), the great court architect to Suleiman the Magnificent. The structure was obliterated by a tunnel bomb in 2014.

The doorway to the prayer hall of the Khosrofiye Mosque, the work of Sinan (1546), the great court architect to Suleiman the Magnificent. The structure was obliterated by a tunnel bomb in 2014.

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