Aurora Bulkualis wrote:It's been reported for years. It's being funded by foundations close to Erdogan (Diyanet). Erdogan came last year to "inaugurate" it.
Thanks, Owner - Diyanet is their ministry of religious affairs.
But do you know what happened with the design? - I've read a bit up on it, and the plans for what it is supposed to look like has changed from the last time I heard about the project. Back then it was planned to look like this:
Aurora Bulkualis wrote:It's been reported for years. It's being funded by foundations close to Erdogan (Diyanet). Erdogan came last year to "inaugurate" it.
Thanks, Owner - Diyanet is their ministry of religious affairs.
But do you know what happened with the design? - I've read a bit up on it, and the plans for what it is supposed to look like has changed from the last time I heard about the project. Back then it was planned to look like this:
Migjeni wrote:I thought the mosque in Tirana was a modern one? - I believe it was the BIG studio who won with their design? Read it in the Danish media as it's a Dane who's the founder of that studio and their head architect - considered like an architect rock star by many.
Nobody cares about the architecture, the more concerning part is that it's built with Turkish money. I do see the need for a mosque but for non practicing Albanians this is abut too much.
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In a country that was under Ottoman rule for 600 years, you build the biggest religious building in the capital, in neo-Ottoman architecture.
Aurora Bulkualis wrote:It's been reported for years. It's being funded by foundations close to Erdogan (Diyanet). Erdogan came last year to "inaugurate" it.
Thanks, Owner - Diyanet is their ministry of religious affairs.
But do you know what happened with the design? - I've read a bit up on it, and the plans for what it is supposed to look like has changed from the last time I heard about the project. Back then it was planned to look like this:
