Diyanet Center of America

Diyanet Center of America (DCA) is a non-profit organization funded by the Turkish government that is based in Seabrook, Maryland, serving the needs of the Muslim community in the Washington metropolitan area. The center holds regular Friday congregational prayers, Ramadan dinners, religious holiday celebrations – including Mawlid – and various other social, cultural, and religious activities. The center benefits from its proximity to the nation's capital, various federal and state institutions, and schools. The closest is NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The nearby New Carrollton station serves the Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak lines. Greyhound, a nationwide intercity bus company, also stops at the station. The complex consists of five main buildings, an underground parking garage, and a geothermal well field on a 15-acre site. The five buildings are a mosque constructed using 16th century classical Ottoman architecture designed by Muharrem Hilmi Shenalp, a cultural center building in the Seljuk architectural style, a guest house, a fellowship hall with a restaurant and shops, and a recreational building housing a hamam (Ottoman bathhouse), an indoor pool, and a sports center.

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