Qibla direction in Türkiye

At a glance

• Ankara, the capital: 160°, south-south-east, 2,160 km from the Kaaba.
• Istanbul, the largest city: 152°, south-south-east, 2,407 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 49° across the country, from 144° in Konak to 192° in Iğdır.
• Closest to Makkah: Samandağ, 1,672 km. Farthest: Edirne, 2,572 km.
• Around Ankara, a magnetic compass points about 6° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 154°.
• Prayer times in Türkiye: our country guide explains which calculation method to choose in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Türkiye

Cities of 100,000 people or more, largest first.

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Reading these numbers

Each bearing is measured clockwise from true north along the shortest path over the globe, a great circle, which is how the Qibla is worked out. A flat map can mislead, because the Earth is round.

Phone compasses work best after calibrating with a figure-8, away from metal and magnetic cases. Our guide to finding the Qibla also covers the sun, the local mosque and praying when unsure.

Qibla in other countries

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City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Magnetic declination: the World Magnetic Model 2025 (NOAA and the British Geological Survey).