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YENI CAMI

It was a place of worship for Jews who converted to Islam .
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Aha ! Like the Umayyad Mosque in جامع بني Damascus
After the Asia Minor Catastrophe ( 1922 ) and the population exchange that followed ( 1923 ), refugees arriving in the city found temporary shelter in the Yeni Cami .
For more information , check the websites :
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http :// www . atlasobscura . com / places / yeni-camii
http :// www . thessaloniki360 . com / map / geni-tzami