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The Seid Pasha Mosque in Ruse was built in 1839 on the site of the earlier Hadji Bekir. After a major overhaul it acquired its present appearance in 1875. It is located in the courtyard of the Islamic spiritual school, built by Said Pasha as a girls' school.

It is an architectural complex of two neighboring mosques - an old and unrestored mosque dated back to more than 500 years ago, and a new mosque, built in 1998.

The first mosque in Minsk was constructed between 1900 and 1902 to accommodate the local Muslim population. In the 1960s, the mosque was destroyed by Soviet authorities. In 2016 a replica of the original mosque was reconstructed.

The minaret of the mosque is built entirely of stones about 14 m high. The whole complex went under renovation in 2008.

The remains of the Mustafa Bey Mosque, also known as Koja Mustafa Pasha Mosque, reflect the Ottoman past of the town of Serres. The building was constructed 500 years ago. Its dome was covered with lead. It is located near Ottoman baths.

The Yeni Mosque, also called 'New Mosque', is a historic mosque built in 1902 to the plans of the Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli. The mosque was founded for the Dömne community, Jews who followed Sabbatai Zevi in his conversion to Islam in the 17th century. The new Yeni Camii Mosque is the last mosque built in Salonika under Ottoman rule. The New Mosque now belongs to the municipality of Thessaloniki and hosts art exhibitions and various other cultural events.

This is the largest and oldest Ottoman mosque still standing in the city of Serres.

The mosque remained loyal to its function as a place of worship for the Muslim population in the city until 1928 when an earthquake destroyed its minaret. It was also a target in the 2016 vandalism attack.

A now broken slabe used to be above the enrance of the mosque, and it reads that may Allah accept this act of benevolence (refering to the construction of the mosque). The numerical value of the phrase is 848, corresponding to the date of the foundation of the mosque in the Islamic calendar.

After the Ottoman conquest of Plovdiv in the 14th century, this mosque was built on the site of the Sveta Petka Tarnovska Cathedral Church. During the reign of Sultan Murad I, the original buinding was demolished and the modern mosque was built in the 15th century. The mosque contains nine domes, a large prayer hall, a minaret, and interior wall paintings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.