Mosques and Churches
Saatli Mosque: It was built as a church by local Greeks in the İsmet Pasha District in the district center, and after 1928 it was transformed into a mosque.

Çınarlı Mosque: It was built as an old church in Zekibey district. It was converted into a mosque during the Republic period.
Hamidiye Mosque: It was built by Sultan Abdulhamid for Muslims living in Ayvalık.
Armutçuk Mosque: It is in the neighborhood that is named after it. It was put into service in 1990.
Martyrs Mosque: It is the largest mosque in the Gulf region. Ali is in Çetinkaya district. It was opened for worship in 2001.
Taksiyarhis Church: The church built in 1873; It is during the Asagi Cesme, which draws attention with its non-flowing, embroidered garlic stones. Its location is the city’s first neighborhood where Christians and Muslims lived together. The surrounding street texture and neo-classical civil architectural texture are in unity with typical houses. The church is the most remarkable work of the city, still intact, with its architectural features, interior marble workmanship, ceiling decorations containing religious subjects, paintings depicting Christ’s birth until his death, portraits of the saint on fish skin.
Aya Nikola Church: It is on Alibey Island. It is decorated with frescoes on religious subjects taken from the Torah and the Bible.
Moonlight Monastery: The Monastery in Patriça (the northward extension of Alibey Island), which is translated into Turkish as the Moonlight Monastery, is reached after passing the First and Second Villages. It has been able to maintain its unique structure and properties to a great extent.
Leka Monastery: The monastery overlooking the strait visible through the olive trees on the left side as the Dalyan Strait enters the bay. The fact that the traditional monastery structure was preserved is because monks worked in its construction.














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