Filling Istanbul's Park Void with Mosques' Green Spaces
Tuesday, March 10, 2015, by Julia Cooke
Istanbul is a city of many hills and many mosques—according to government tourist data, over 444 mosques, to be precise. Some are tourist hubs, items, says Gregers Tang Thomsen, founder, with partner Selva Gürdoğan, of Istanbul's Superpool, to tick off a visitor's to-see list. The less historic hundreds are active sacred spaces, where the call to prayer attracts neighborhood worshippers daily. And yet, Thomsen says, fewer and fewer of these religious institutions fulfill dual functions in their neighborhoods as community hubs.
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