Camlica Mosque, which has a combination of Ottoman and Seljuk architectural style, can accommodate 63,000 worshippers.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Turkey’s largest and newest mosque on Friday.
Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers.
The previous Turkish record holder in capacity was a mosque in the southern province of Adana. Sabanci Central Mosque, which opened in 1998, can host 28,500 worshippers.
The Camlica mosque, which has a combination of Ottoman and Seljuk architectural style, is on the Asian side of the city.
