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Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 15th century ottoman mosque at aksaray in the fatih district of istanbul”. Today it says “a 15th century ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking aksaray and yusufpaşa in the fatih dis”.
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15th-century Ottoman-era mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul For other uses, see Murat Pasha Mosque . The Murat Pasha Mosque ( Turkish : Murat Paşa Camii ) is a 15th century Ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking Aksaray and Yusufpaşa in the Fatih district of Istanbul , Turkey .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 15th century ottoman mosque at aksaray in the fatih district of istanbul”. Today it says “a 15th century ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking aksaray and yusufpaşa in the fatih dis”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

a 15th century ottoman mosque at aksaray in the fatih district of istanbul

Now

a 15th century ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking aksaray and yusufpaşa in the fatih dis

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