With churches-including many churches transformed into mosques arméniennes- and -including some mosques built by architects Arméniens- Turkey identifies several tens of thousands of mosques. Ankara has just released the list of cities that host the largest number of mosques. Istanbul naturally tops -in relation to its population of over 12 million inhabitants- but curiously, Konya came second to the capital Ankara. Below is the list of cities with the largest number of mosques:

Istanbul 3269
Konya 3115
Ankara 2955
Samsun 2674
Kastamonou 2601
Antalya 2161
Ordu 2079
Trabzon 1994
Diyarbakir 1968
Izmir 1864
Urfa 1849
Erzurum 1572
Adana 1417
Van 1347
Marash 1305
Ayntab 970
Kharpert 966
940 Malatia
Bitlis 692
Artvin 690
Mush 588
Erzincan 575
Kars 504
Ardahan 275
Igdir 243
Dersim 92

Krikor Amirzayan