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Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, the Glossary

The Yeni Mosque (Γενί Τζαμί, from Yeni Cami, "New Mosque") is a historical mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece.^[1]

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης Arkheoloyikó Mousío Thessaloníkis) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki and Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki are museums in Thessaloniki.

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Crypto-Judaism

Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek kryptos – κρυπτός, 'hidden').

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Dönmeh

The Dönme (Dōnme, دونمه, Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who coercively converted outwardly to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret. Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki and Dönmeh are Sabbateans.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Islam in Greece

Islam in Greece is represented by two distinct communities; Muslims that have lived in Greece since the times of the Ottoman Empire (primarily in East Macedonia and Thrace) and Muslim immigrants that began arriving in the last quarter of the 20th century, mainly in Athens and Thessaloniki.

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List of former mosques in Greece

This is a list of former mosques in Greece. Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki and list of former mosques in Greece are former mosques in Greece and Ottoman mosques in Greece.

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Mihrab

Mihrab (محراب,, pl. محاريب) is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey (I Antallagí, Mübâdele, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey.

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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Vitaliano Poselli

Vitaliano Poselli (1840-1918) was an Italian architect from Sicily, mostly known for his work in the city of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_Mosque,_Thessaloniki

Also known as New Mosque (Salonica), New Mosque (Thessaloniki).

Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Crypto-Judaism

Dönmeh

Greece

Islam in Greece

List of former mosques in Greece

Mihrab

Mosque

Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

Thessaloniki

Vitaliano Poselli

See also

1902 establishments in Greece

20th-century architecture in Greece

20th-century mosques

Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki

Mosques completed in 1902

Museums in Thessaloniki

Ottoman architecture in Thessaloniki

Religion in Thessaloniki

Sabbateans

References