Istanbul, Turkey: The Blue Mosque - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

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  • More info about travel to Istanbul: www.ricksteves.... Istanbul offers a good opportunity to better understand Islam. Visitors are welcome to visit historic mosques - such as the Blue Mosque, nicknamed because of its blue tiles - and at the same time experience a religion that still packs the house. #ricksteveseurope #bluemosque #istanbul
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Komentáře • 262

  • @supernatural2029
    @supernatural2029 Před 9 lety +248

    I love the Mosque, I am not muslim, but this monument is so beautiful, I'd love to visit Istanbul

    • @Frank75288
      @Frank75288 Před 6 lety +3

      it used to be a church

    • @simpleuser01
      @simpleuser01 Před 6 lety +31

      camelpissflavour, sorry your wrong! The blue mosque has always been a mosque. It's the Hagia Sophia opposite to the blue mosque that used to be an orthodox Greek Church, then got converted into a mosque and today is a museum.

    • @BTECE_FARIZ
      @BTECE_FARIZ Před 6 lety +9

      camelpissflavour huh? seems u are confused between hagia sofia(museum now ) and blue mosque(was always a mosque)

    • @notworthy8699
      @notworthy8699 Před 6 lety +1

      Im in istanbul right now im leaving sunday

    • @Dheifheisidi
      @Dheifheisidi Před 4 lety +2

      @@simpleuser01 you r right

  • @braxtonbaldasare8243
    @braxtonbaldasare8243 Před 12 lety +144

    i am christian but i learning about muslim in school i respect muslim and think how they make mosque is beautiful

  • @teefx5681
    @teefx5681 Před 4 lety +39

    Been there several times and it still feels magical. I once went in a very cold night and it snowed and there was hardly anyone there infact I think it was only me for a brief moment and there was no noise except the birds singing and I stood the contemplating the architecture but somehow it felt I time travelled back and saw people in the court yard socialising with their robes and scholars discussing religious matters and miliarty formation and then the call for prayer went, it was epic.

  • @nickzam401
    @nickzam401 Před 10 lety +96

    I love turkey and its history especially about daulah uthmaniyyah.. salam from Malaysia for my brothers and sisters there. you are welcomed to Malaysia to see some of nice and beautiful modern mosques here..

    • @oreorebus
      @oreorebus Před 4 lety

      @berry more we have some mosque with Malay architecture but I agree that many mosque in Msia uses indian style

    • @ayshayasmin4280
      @ayshayasmin4280 Před 3 lety

      @@oreorebus not india
      It is mostly persian
      Taj mahal is also persian with dome
      Most of indian mosques are persian designs

  • @NatalieSayin
    @NatalieSayin Před 12 lety +41

    I could never tire of visiting this mosque. It is amazing

    • @farismustafa5389
      @farismustafa5389 Před 3 lety

      @Achilleas_klvp no this was made by the ottomans I think you are getting confused with the hagia Sophia

  • @saadmohamed1229
    @saadmohamed1229 Před 10 lety +62

    in egypt we have like this mosque 100% called mohamed ali pasha
    but we have a lot of other great mosques in cairo
    so , cairo is called The city of a thousand minarets
    i love turkey :)

    • @jeune_turc9404
      @jeune_turc9404 Před 7 lety +2

      Wasn't Mohammad Ali Pasha mosque built during the Ottoman rule?

    • @hassanaz1411
      @hassanaz1411 Před 7 lety +6

      actually muhammed ali basha is one of the ottman

    • @ionutmihailbarta6677
      @ionutmihailbarta6677 Před 4 lety

      @@hassanaz1411 Yes, and for a long period of time Egypt was annexed to the Ottoman Empire.

    • @affan3481
      @affan3481 Před 4 lety

      Dhaka Bangladesh is known as the city of mosques

    • @Mehmedthesecond12
      @Mehmedthesecond12 Před 2 lety

      Muhammed Ali Pasha was Turk and from Kavala.

  • @iRawrJan
    @iRawrJan Před 13 lety +14

    I'M GOING TO ISTANBUL THIS THURSDAY FOR 6 DAYS! I'M SO EXCITED!

  • @sswasn6514
    @sswasn6514 Před 8 lety +47

    The most amazing Muslim country is by far Turkey

    • @jonkras2737
      @jonkras2737 Před 3 lety +2

      Fun fact 🇦🇱, İstanbuls roads and pavements were built by Albanian workers during the ottoman era, thats why in Istanbul Turkey they call those roads Arnavut Kaldrim, which stands for Albanian Pavements 🇦🇱

    • @user-dj4cy9tn5j
      @user-dj4cy9tn5j Před 3 lety

      @@jonkras2737 everything is albanian sure

    • @jonkras2737
      @jonkras2737 Před 3 lety

      @@user-dj4cy9tn5j Then why is it called Arnavut Kaldrim then 😉. Are you jealous

    • @user-dj4cy9tn5j
      @user-dj4cy9tn5j Před 3 lety

      @@jonkras2737 why tf would I be jealous lol

    • @jonkras2737
      @jonkras2737 Před 3 lety

      @@user-dj4cy9tn5j Then why tf you chatting nonsense

  • @saraakram9065
    @saraakram9065 Před 7 lety +15

    So beautiful. I love turkey and its history. Such a wonderful country. I love to visit turkey one day. Big love from Pakistan :)

  • @HamidahIshak
    @HamidahIshak Před 10 lety +21

    MASHA ALLAH.ALLAHU AKBAR..ISTANBUL TURKEY IS SO BEAUTIFUL..MARYAMFATHIMAH.

  • @moyurbird7829
    @moyurbird7829 Před rokem +1

    I ONLY JUST realised that as a child i said I wish to visit this mosque.......I did in 2019......I just realised 2023 now ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤dreams can come true!

  • @mohasinpanja1819
    @mohasinpanja1819 Před 10 lety +19

    MashaAllah mousqe in turkey from mohsin india

  • @Qbadoo5112
    @Qbadoo5112 Před 10 lety +14

    So xxxxcited to be there in Istanbul next week! Inshallah

    • @Qbadoo5112
      @Qbadoo5112 Před 9 lety +1

      lol that was the WORST TRIP EVER! Sorry Turkey I wouldn't come again.

    • @HLOPEZJ
      @HLOPEZJ Před 9 lety

      Qbadoo5112 hahah what happend to be prepared.

    • @eatle7604
      @eatle7604 Před 9 lety

      Qbadoo5112 Huh? What happened?

  • @landwarrior348
    @landwarrior348 Před 12 lety +4

    Visiting Istanbul this May....Boom I'm so excited.

  • @junaidiqbal-wm1vy
    @junaidiqbal-wm1vy Před 7 lety +5

    i have been there is it very beatiful mashallah. hope i can bee in the beatiful istanbul agian

  • @Hybridtheory2007
    @Hybridtheory2007 Před 14 lety +4

    I'm a Muslim and that was quite a good report... all the info was correct

  • @_Ahmed_15
    @_Ahmed_15 Před 11 lety +3

    It is a beautiful place. I hope to visit there someday.

  • @nisarbila5603
    @nisarbila5603 Před 6 lety +12

    I love turkish

  • @shabbirhafez1
    @shabbirhafez1 Před 12 lety +2

    Great Mosque, but when visiting Istanbul, don't miss the Suleimaniye Mosque. That is the real masterpiece. A stunning example of Ottoman architecture that will leave you speechless!

  • @pinkfoxahri7920
    @pinkfoxahri7920 Před 5 lety +7

    My from.

  • @HassanHassan-hc8yo
    @HassanHassan-hc8yo Před 6 lety +4

    Love from Pakistan we love Turkey

  • @atescem
    @atescem Před 5 lety +14

    History of the world is in 🇹🇷

  • @abdullahothman77
    @abdullahothman77 Před 11 lety +3

    Proud of my religion

  • @ayezahassan1588
    @ayezahassan1588 Před 8 lety +5

    it is seriously awesome I love this mosque 👍👍👍

  • @aliibrahim4149
    @aliibrahim4149 Před 5 lety +5

    Amazing 🇹🇷

  • @rajashahidraja6307
    @rajashahidraja6307 Před 8 lety +3

    Beautiful mosque in the all of the mosques

  • @SeryesTheDutch
    @SeryesTheDutch Před 12 lety +6

    I was there

  • @mohammedbashir8635
    @mohammedbashir8635 Před 22 dny

    Subhanallah mashaallah beautiful video thanks love from Halifax England uk 🌹💙🌹

  • @learner229
    @learner229 Před 5 lety

    I am staying in a hotel close to this beautiful mosque. Wonderful architecture.

  • @muhammadabbas3251
    @muhammadabbas3251 Před 4 lety

    In sha Allah one day i'll pray in this beautiful mosque..
    Love from Pakistan

  • @ashiashi9920
    @ashiashi9920 Před 5 lety +1

    I love this mosque and wish to visit this mosque

  • @iRawrJan
    @iRawrJan Před 12 lety +1

    I was there, one of the most magnificent religious buildings in the world, together with Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Also, check out the Süleymaniye Mosque, it's up a hill and there are much less tourists.

  • @erayt9721
    @erayt9721 Před 8 lety +16

    Mosque name not blue mosque . Mosque name is Sultan Ahmed Mosque

  • @azizuddinahmed4736
    @azizuddinahmed4736 Před 10 lety +5

    It is good to see majestic masjid

  • @adeelrehman29
    @adeelrehman29 Před 12 lety +1

    I loved its architecture...from pakistan

  • @baywatchrules12
    @baywatchrules12 Před 13 lety +1

    Inside was modelled on the design of the hagia sophia!! Awsome!!

  • @MukhtarMarso
    @MukhtarMarso Před 4 lety

    I love history I will visit one day the blue mosque and hagia sophia

  • @mearmankhan1006
    @mearmankhan1006 Před 4 lety +1

    What a beautiful Mosque!

  • @Richardatf
    @Richardatf Před 11 lety +3

    I remember visiting this Blue Mosque, the story was that one of the six towers, the one closest to Mecca, was filled with gold, precious jewels, and other wondrous treasure. Dunno if that was true or not. Turkey was such a fun place to be tho, the government, at least in the 80's, was secular, and while sometimes a bit of Sharia crept into some the backwoods areas, it was only to behead a child rapist, or something like that.

  • @Greik1821
    @Greik1821 Před 4 lety

    Yes I miss this city

  • @jonkras2737
    @jonkras2737 Před 2 lety

    Fun fact 🇦🇱❤🇹🇷 Sedefkar Mehmed Agha who was the architect of the Blue Mosque was an Albanian. Search up, Devshirme Sedefkar Mehmed Agha Albanian, and it will say
    "Mehmed Agha was born around 1540. According to the biographer Cafer Efendi, he was believed to have been originally from the city of Elbasan in what is now Albania. He brought to Istanbul in 1563 as a "Devshirme" to join the janissary corps or palace schools."

  • @alkauzar6467
    @alkauzar6467 Před 4 lety +1

    SubhannaAllah. Ahmed Sultan did it.

  • @lambeefbiryani08
    @lambeefbiryani08 Před 2 lety

    Someday i will go there for traveling destination, city looks wonderful near the sea

  • @iRawrJan
    @iRawrJan Před 12 lety +2

    I was there, it's amazing

  • @theMuminun
    @theMuminun Před 6 lety +1

    Awesomely beautiful...

  • @basayl
    @basayl Před 6 lety +3

    It never rivalled or rivals the kahba rather it compliments kahba the ray of a light that originated from kahba

  • @ahsanqureshi8459
    @ahsanqureshi8459 Před 3 lety

    Mashallah ♥️♥️♥️. Love from India 🇮🇳

  • @mrsporty9669
    @mrsporty9669 Před rokem

    Thanks for explaining & sharing 🌟 Stay blessed ☮️

  • @bohassan5
    @bohassan5 Před 12 lety +1

    Its amazing I visited and pray in it

  • @butterscotchscotch2080
    @butterscotchscotch2080 Před 7 lety +1

    I love blue majid so much

  • @fortube4108
    @fortube4108 Před 5 lety

    Oh my god that call for prayer gave me goose bumps

  • @CaroMovilla
    @CaroMovilla Před 13 lety

    really it's the perfect different culture experience ...

  • @jaynifur7641
    @jaynifur7641 Před 2 lety

    I wish I could visit Turkey someday.

  • @LA-fr6wr
    @LA-fr6wr Před 3 lety +1

    A great masterpiece ❤️

  • @elisakozlow_
    @elisakozlow_ Před rokem

    This is so beautiful!!

  • @hafizirfantlp388
    @hafizirfantlp388 Před 4 lety +1

    Mashallah good video 👍🇵🇰🇹🇷

  • @HernanLopez
    @HernanLopez Před 12 lety

    yes is great and sure in the future maybe i`ll plane to visit !

  • @Oddly_Fascinting
    @Oddly_Fascinting Před 4 lety +1

    regards from Pakistan,

  • @Talha_Vlogs
    @Talha_Vlogs Před měsícem

    Great

  • @mariyahrahmaniyah7635
    @mariyahrahmaniyah7635 Před 6 lety +1

    is there any text for this video?

  • @Leopold3131
    @Leopold3131 Před 7 lety

    I have a question for our Muslim friends. I was under the impression that blue jeans were not suitable attire for a mosque. Yet I see many people at prayers wearing blue jeans. Could you please explain the etiquette? Thank you.

    • @tyson.dxb1643
      @tyson.dxb1643 Před 7 lety

      Leopold3131 was the blue jeans short? If it was short and it reaches until the knees then your not allowed to go inside because this disrespect the mosque, but they give you there a long jeans and i prayed there its a beautiful mosque :D

  • @reck1ess77
    @reck1ess77 Před 13 lety +1

    istanbul :) so beautiful

  • @charismawidya2833
    @charismawidya2833 Před 11 lety

    of course..

  • @kerimeyilmaz106
    @kerimeyilmaz106 Před rokem

    6 minarets were built as a result of a misunderstanding. Since it would not be appropriate for it to be the same as Masjid al-Haram, one more minaret was added to the Masjid-i Haram that time.

  • @Pemmont107
    @Pemmont107 Před 11 lety

    It's fantastic how the Turks not only preserved this Byzantine masterpiece, but also improved upon the building in so many ways :)

    • @gingin3919
      @gingin3919 Před 7 lety

      George it's not the original agia Sofia! it's a copy of it!!

  • @sunitawasnik4097
    @sunitawasnik4097 Před 2 lety

    Hi .. can any one fulfill my wish to post a vdo of hoty hagia Sofia and blue mosque on the full moon night ? The way our tak Mahal looks beautiful on fool moon night ?

  • @monoceros1222
    @monoceros1222 Před 11 lety +1

    Nice tour!! Thank you!!

  • @briannat1086
    @briannat1086 Před 5 lety

    Excellent Rick.

  • @sorankarim3213
    @sorankarim3213 Před 5 lety

    Beautiful

  • @tommy182
    @tommy182 Před 12 lety

    i been there, its great.

  • @Mahmoud_Takieddin
    @Mahmoud_Takieddin Před 12 lety +1

    thnx bro Muslims want to live with ppl like u not with haters ^^

  • @hassan_codes
    @hassan_codes Před rokem

    Great video

  • @CaroMovilla
    @CaroMovilla Před 13 lety +3

    @reck1ess77 that's true..... really it's one of my favority city in the world lol

  • @soualahwaliddz
    @soualahwaliddz Před 9 lety +3

    Mashallah

  • @CroMarduk
    @CroMarduk Před 12 lety

    I want to go to Istanbul

  • @kickingkingking
    @kickingkingking Před 12 lety

    Very good job...........

  • @alimuddinmazumder7121
    @alimuddinmazumder7121 Před 3 lety

    Mashaallah

  • @arifnoor100
    @arifnoor100 Před 4 lety +1

    turkey Pakistan brothers....must visit Pakistani Mosques like Mughal era Badshahi Mosque Lahore....Faisal Mosque Islamabad...Baharia Mosque Baharia Town Lahore....Moti Mosque Lahore Fort...

  • @omarb21
    @omarb21 Před 11 lety

    This was conquered by Mehmet II (the Conqueror) not Mehmet I. Mehmet I was his grand father.

  • @digitalsnips66
    @digitalsnips66 Před 7 lety

    Grandeur!

  • @sadafmudassar1777
    @sadafmudassar1777 Před 8 lety

    Masha Allah 💖💖

  • @abdullhaannan3284
    @abdullhaannan3284 Před 5 lety

    Ma shallh. Nice

  • @SuperGreatSphinx
    @SuperGreatSphinx Před 9 lety +1

    Κύριε, ἐλέησον...

  • @berrissoulbelaid
    @berrissoulbelaid Před 8 lety

    do you know how I could could find an email address for Mosques in Istanbul
    The Blue Mosque

  • @guncel17
    @guncel17 Před 12 lety +2

    this place is 6/5

  • @sultangmizang890203
    @sultangmizang890203 Před 13 lety

    went there just a few weeks ago=)

  • @fatimabutt6224
    @fatimabutt6224 Před 8 lety

    Amazing............

  • @shelbijack
    @shelbijack Před 13 lety

    Very interesting, I liked the Viedo very much,
    thank you.Giselle

  • @bruna134
    @bruna134 Před 12 lety

    awwwww nice !!

  • @iRawrJan
    @iRawrJan Před 12 lety

    this is NOT the hagia sophia, this is the blue mosque. The hagia sophia was converted to a mosque and in the 20th century to a museum. This is still a mosque

  • @rahatharafin
    @rahatharafin Před 12 lety

    I want to go

  • @nafisanawar943
    @nafisanawar943 Před 6 lety

    I like this

  • @bokulahmmed756
    @bokulahmmed756 Před 4 lety

    FROM Bangladesh 😍

  • @notworthy8699
    @notworthy8699 Před 6 lety

    Ive been there

  • @al_tonsi
    @al_tonsi Před 12 lety +1

    Dude!! The Blue Mosque was built under the command of Sultan Mehmet II. Hagia Sofia was built by another emperor and then converted to a Mosque and then to a museum! Both a very beautiful buildings! I hope you have the chance to see it in person =D

    • @ahmedkamal9143
      @ahmedkamal9143 Před 4 lety

      blue mosque was built in 1600s durimg the era of Sultan Ahmet 1 so its actual name in turkish is sultan ahmed camii(masjid)..
      Sultan mehmed 2 converted hagia sophia into a masjid

  • @JourneyToNewZealand
    @JourneyToNewZealand Před 11 lety

    No, the Blue Mosque was built under the command of Sultan Ahmed I, hence the real name of the mosque : Sultan-Ahmed-Mosque.

  • @hasanullalhasansaff4524

    😍❤️

  • @b.sylphaen
    @b.sylphaen Před 9 lety

    Someone here can tell me if a mosque can be used as a hospital if needed? After an eartqueake for examble. It's for the book I'm writing.

    • @nurtenberk3887
      @nurtenberk3887 Před 9 lety +4

      It's not against religion or something and it can be done if necessary. I believe there are examples of this in Syria right now. It isn't very common though.

    • @b.sylphaen
      @b.sylphaen Před 9 lety +1

      Eren Kutluberk thank you my friend

    • @futurebillionare1888
      @futurebillionare1888 Před 9 lety

      what do you mean ?

    • @b.sylphaen
      @b.sylphaen Před 9 lety

      who mean what?

  • @sahiljan8552
    @sahiljan8552 Před 11 lety

    great

  • @raisahmad1763
    @raisahmad1763 Před 3 lety

    nice