{"id":3549,"date":"2025-09-13T13:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/?page_id=3549"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:29:39","slug":"queens-mimar-sinan-camii-tarihcesi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/mosques\/local-mosques-association\/queens-mimar-sinan-camii-tarihcesi\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY OF QUEENS MIMAR SINAN MOSQUE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the 1970s, Turkish immigrant families who had left their hometown began settling in Sunnyside. This community, struggling to cope with the hardships of immigrant life, had no mosque in the area. Men had to travel as far as Brooklyn for Friday prayers. Children also had no place to receive Islamic education.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After years of patience and perseverance, the community rented the first floor of the building at 45-06 Skillman Street in 2000, and established its own small mosque. Since there was no official imam for the mosque, community members such as Hikmet Sercan Hoca and Mustafa Se\u00e7ilmi\u015f volunteered to fulfill these duties.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A few years later, in 2003, the Presidency of Religious Affairs appointed an imam to lead religious services at the Mimar Sinan Mosque. Shortly thereafter, the rented building was put up for sale. The community banded together and purchased the existing building to serve as both a mosque and a community center.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At that time, a board of directors was formed, with H\u00fcseyin Hatio\u011flu of the Turkish Islamic Cultural Center-Mimar Sinan Mosque as its first chairman. Over the years, the board has been chaired by the following five individuals:<\/p>

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Huseyin Hatipoglu<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hilmi Y\u00d6R\u00dcK<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nuri DEM\u0130RAY<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mehmet KARAKA\u015e<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ali Kocabas<\/p>

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Each president has served the community and contributed to its growth. The longest-serving president to date is Mehmet Karakash, who served the community from 2007 to 2020. During his presidency, the building's debt was fully paid off in 2012. The mosque's top floor was renovated in 2019 and transformed into a beautiful classroom.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On Sundays, boys and girls come to the mosque to learn the Quran and religious information. On weekdays, Quran lessons are held between evening and night prayers. On Friday evenings, talks are held for the women's community.<\/p>

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Religious officials who have served in our mosque so far:<\/p>

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sabri DEM\u0130R<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kamil SOYTEK\u0130N<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fatih YEDIYILDIZ<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ilyaz GONEN<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u015eadiye \u00c7imen BAYRAKTAR \u2013 Muhammet S\u00f6nmez BAYRAKTAR<\/p>

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\u00a0Address:<\/strong> 45 06 Skillman Avenue Sunnyside NEW YORK 11104<\/p>

\u00a0President of the Association:<\/strong> Ali Kocabas
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Gelenekten Gelece\u011fe\u2026 Queens Mimar Sinan Camii (Sunnyside, NY) 1970’lerde, memleketlerini terk eden T\u00fcrk g\u00f6\u00e7men aileler Sunnyside’a yerle\u015fmeye ba\u015flad\u0131. G\u00f6\u00e7men hayat\u0131n\u0131n getirdi\u011fi zorluklarla ba\u015f etmeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan bu toplulu\u011fun bulundu\u011fu b\u00f6lgede ibadet edecekleri bir camisi yoktu. Erkekler Cuma namaz\u0131 k\u0131lmak i\u00e7in Brooklyn’e kadar gitmek zorunda kal\u0131yordu. \u00c7ocuklar\u0131n da \u0130slami e\u011fitim alabilecekleri bir […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2783,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3549"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4544,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549\/revisions\/4544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}