{"id":70795,"date":"2016-05-31T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/nizamiye-turkish-mosque-midrand-johannesburg\/"},"modified":"2016-05-31T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:34:59","slug":"nizamiye-turkish-mosque-midrand-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nizamiye-turkish-mosque-midrand-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Nizamiye Turkish Mosque Midrand, Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nizamiye Turkish Mosque Midrand, Johannesburg<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"South Africa\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/325\/19308013610_ce01b5835c.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>\n<i>Image by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/114138418@N08\/19308013610\">Paul Saad (( ON\/OFF ))<\/a><\/i><br \/>\nThe Nizamiye Turkish Masjid in Midrand, the first Ottoman-style mosque in the Southern Hemisphere.<br \/>\nThe mosque is, in fact, a smaller replica of the Selimiye Camii mosque in Edirne, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the architectural features visitors can marvel at are generously proportioned courtyards, arched stained-glass windows, 21 small domes, marble columns, sweeping staircases, fountains, rich mosaics, and Turkish calligraphy on the walls and ceiling.<br \/>\nIts funder was a retired Turkish property developer, Ali Katircioglu, who spent a few years encamped in a caravan on the site of the building, watching it take shape. \u2018Uncle Ali\u2019, it is said, was inspired to embark on the project by the teachings of a Turkish preacher<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kartaba\/\">Paul Saad&#8217;s Photostream<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis <em>South Africa<\/em> image was automatically curated and published with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">WP Robot<\/a> plugin &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to learn more about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">WP Robot for WordPress<\/a> &#8211; a massive time and money saver.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgzgeTm3pKPjkFy4WHrH8xA\">Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nizamiye Turkish Mosque Midrand, Johannesburg Image by Paul Saad (( ON\/OFF )) The Nizamiye Turkish Masjid in Midrand, the first Ottoman-style mosque in the Southern Hemisphere. The mosque is, in fact, a smaller replica of the Selimiye Camii mosque in Edirne, Turkey. Some of the architectural features visitors can marvel at are generously proportioned courtyards, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9014],"tags":[3980,486,10591,14146,10192],"class_list":{"0":"post-70795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-images","7":"tag-johannesburg","8":"tag-midrand","9":"tag-mosque","10":"tag-nizamiye","11":"tag-turkish","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}