The minaret of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the Blue Mosque), which is located at the rear of the mosque on the right-hand side, will be demolished completely and will be constructed again as the minaret is in poor condition.

Read More: Minaret of Blue Mosque to be Reconstructed

“A new gigantic Sinanesque mosque, the restoration of an Orientalist style barracks building, popularization of ‘1453 conquest’ mentality for Istanbul and of course the insertion of “Golden Horn” metaphor in the shape of a bridge…To make a long story short, all these account to the reinvention of a neo-Ottoman eclectic style,” said Edhem Eldem, history professor at Boğaziçi University. Twenty professors from Boğaziçi University have launched a petition against the environmental damage of Istanbul’s new gigantic construction projects, a campaign that has promptly been signed by at least 224 professors from other universities.

Read More: Resurrecting the Ottoman Glory of Istanbul