Completed in 1616 by the order of Sultan Ahmet I, Blue Mosque is the most central mosque in Istanbul built by the Ottomans. The Mosque isn’t called “Blue Mosque” in Turkish though, it is named “Sultan Ahmet Mosque“, named after Sultan Ahmet I, who gave the order.
You have come to Istanbul, a city that was once the capital of three great empires. The Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Ottoman…