The Mosque of Sultan Ahmet (known as the Blue Mosque) was built between 1609-16, has six minarets and the courtyard is the biggest of all of the Ottoman mosques. The interior similarly grand, the stained-glass windows and the blue İznik tiles lining the walls give the building its unofficial name. There are 260 windows and the prayer space is huge. We entered from the middle of Hippodrome, there are taps set in a wall to ritual ablutions which must be undertaken before prayer. Worshipers wash their feet, legs, hands, neck and forehead. Women and men pray separately. We had to take off our shoes before entering into the hall and in some mosque women have to cover their head with scarf.
Taps set for ritual ablutions.
Inside the mosque, beautiful stained-glass window and the blue İznik tiles lining the walls
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