The idea dates to the 1940s, and a society to build a mosque in Yenişehir, Ankara was founded on December 8, 1944. In 1957 the modern design of Vedat Dalokay and Nejat Tekelioğlu was selected, but conservative criticism stopped it at foundation level. Dalokay later designed the Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, which the article says modifies his Kocatepe design.
Hüsrev Tayla and M. Fatin Uluengin won a later competition in 1967, and the mosque was built from 1967 to 1987. The article calls the style neo-classical Ottoman, inspired by the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne and the Şehzade and Sultan Ahmet mosques in Istanbul.
The infobox gives 220 by 210 feet (67 by 64 m) and four minarets, each 289 feet (88 m) tall. It lists a capacity of 24,000 worshippers, but the text attributes that figure to the Shah Faisal Mosque. It is visible from almost anywhere in central Ankara. The article gives no dome height or materials.
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