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Ese Kapi Mosque

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Ese Kapi Mosque (Turkish: Ese Kapı Mescidi or Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mescidi, where mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque), also "Isa Kapi Mosque", meaning in English "Mosque of the Gate of Jesus", is an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was originally a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.

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Ese Kapi Mosque
Etyemez Tekkesi Sokağı, Istanbul

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İstanbul Üniversitesi

Etyemez Tekkesi Sokağı
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