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Background
Liberation Mosque (Turkish: KurtuluÅ Camii), formerly the St. Mary's Cathedral or Holy Mother of God Church (Armenian: ÕÕ¸ÖÖÕ¢ Ô±Õ½Õ¿Õ¸ÖÕ¡Õ®Õ¡Õ®Õ«Õ¶ ÔµÕ¯Õ¥Õ²Õ¥ÖÕ«, romanized: Surp Asdvazdadzin EgeghetsÊ¿i), is located in the TepebaÅı district of Åahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey. Initially built as an Armenian Apostolic church, it was converted into a stable after the Armenian genocide and later into a jail. Sarkis Balyan, the Ottoman-Armenian architect serving Sultan Abdul Hamid II, designed the church. The building was constructed between 1892 and 1893, undertaken by the stonemason Sarkis TaÅçıyan.
