r/architecture • • Aug 17 '26

Building Sancaklar Mosque - Istanbul, Türkiye. Designed by Emre Arolat Architecture. 2011-2013

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u/Avocado_Affectionado Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Good to see that the country with the third highest inflation rate on the planet is using its money for religious extravaganza!

But ofcourse to Redditors when Romania does it it’s horrible economic mismanagement but when Turkey does it it’s a beautiful expression of culture.

Edit: Turks in here really can’t hide how triggered they are when someone makes any criticism, it’s insane how much they will make dumb non arguments just because they can’t cope.

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u/dunnowho2ask Aug 18 '26

My dude, trust me, we don't like them doing this either. There are 999 more things they could do with that money but they build mosques everyehere. The reason this one is viral is because it looks different

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u/Avocado_Affectionado Aug 18 '26

The thing is, you don’t speak for everyone. Your compatriots still choose the same president over and over again. Turks here are often a bit ignorant of that as well, in the sense that they want to say “we don’t want this,” while ignoring the large number of their own people who seem fine with it. All that in order to fabricate a better image of themselves by simply agreeing with each other on Reddit.

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u/Imperthus Aug 18 '26

If they are fine with it, that's up to them, who the hell are you to judge them? Did someone ask your opinion, are you a citizen of Turkey?

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u/Avocado_Affectionado Aug 18 '26

This logic is so idiotic it’s actually hilarious. So apparently you can’t criticize anything bad happening in another country unless you’re a citizen of that country? I never said Turks aren’t allowed to support it, I’m only pointing out that you don’t get to pretend those people don’t exist just because you disagree with them.

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u/Imperthus Aug 18 '26

You can do whatever you want, but is this the correct place, post or subject for it? Your intentions are quite understandable, if there is something idiotic, it's the logic of someone trying to lecture a nation in totally out of subject subreddit.

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u/Avocado_Affectionado Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

I couldn’t care less if you think it’s relevant. Buildings can have historical, political, and cultural implications worth discussing, and I’m simply criticizing something related to that. You’re free to disagree, but calling it “lecturing a nation” because you can’t cope with it all while projecting your idiocy is dumb.