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Turkey's biggest mosque opens for Laylat al-Raghaib

Video. Turkey's biggest mosque opens for Laylat al-Raghaib

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Turkey's biggest mosque opened its doors to worshipers on Thursday on the Camlica hill on the Asian side of Istanbul.

Turkey's biggest mosque opened its doors to worshipers on Thursday to mark Laylat al-Raghaib.

The construction of the mosque has started in 2013 on the Camlica hill on the Asian side of Istanbul.

The capasitity of the mosque is 63 thousands people, there is a library, a museum of Islam History and a conferance hall are available within the giant complex. The mosque has 6 minarets and each one symbolises wars in Turkish history.

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