Seyit-Settar Mosque

Seyit-Settar Mosque
Seyit-Settar Cami
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Simferopol, Crimea
Architecture
Type	mosque
Completed	2016
Demolished	2014 (old building)

The Seyit-Settar Mosque (Crimean Tatar: Seyit-Settar Cami) is a mosque (cami) in Old Simferopol neighborhood of Simferopol, Crimea.^[1]

History

Records indicate that the mosque was funded in 1850 by the then Simferopol city mayor, merchant Seyit Settar Çelebi [uk].^[2][3]

During the Great Purge, the mosque was abandoned by the religious community under fear of reprisals by the Bolsheviks. In 1990s during the massive return of Crimean Tatars from the exile the mosque was reopened.^[3]

In 2014 the old building was demolished. Before that, in 2013 the city council allocated 0.4452 hectares of territory adjacent to the mosque to the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Crimea for the reconstruction of the building and the construction of a madrasah, an administrative building and a building for students.^[4] The new mosque, constructed over the old basement, was inaugurated in 2016.^[3]

References

1. Мечети Крыма: Сеит-Сеттар – возрождение через десятилетия (фотогалерея)
2. Свод памятников истории, архитектуры и культуры крымских татар. vol. III, Симферополь. — Белгород: «КОНСТАНТА», 2018, pp. 84-89
3. В Симферополе после реконструкции открыли старинную мечеть
4. "Власти Симферополя выделили ДУМК почти 45 соток земли для «возрождения мусульманских святынь XVII—XVIII веков» в Старом городе и строительства мечети в новом микрорайоне". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2020-04-18.