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One of the main mosques in the city of Berat, it is part of the Islamic Center complex and was built by Sultan Bayezid II in the late 15th century . It consists of the prayer hall, the porch and the minaret. In the prayer hall the massively painted ceiling, the mihrab on the end wall and the pulpit on the right side form a decorative structure. In the center of the ceiling are rosettes with inscriptions of various Qur'anic sayings. A frieze below the ceiling contains 99 beautiful names of Allah.

Also known as Sultan Bayezid Mosque, it was founded by the same Sultan for the name sake in 1485, making it one of the oldest active mosques in Albania.

The Kocatepe Mosque, which opened in 2008, is the largest mosque in Bavaria. In the classic Ottoman dome-shaped style, the building has two 27.5-metre high minarets. The mosque also houses a cultural centre.

It is not known when the Kodža Mehmet Beg Mosque was first built, but it is assumed that a building may have existed here as early as 1380. According to the stylistic features and construction methods, the present building was constructed in the so-called classical period of Ottoman construction in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The mosque is a single domed building, square-based, with a porch on the northwest side.

The former mosque is the oldest building of its kind in Sofia. The mosque with its squared plan has nine domes of equal diameter. They are supported by pointed arches and covered with leaden sheets. The middle ones are higher and ‘the entire space, through a special system of domes and arches, is an absolutely symmetrical construction, and it’s on this symmetry, harmony and equality among all its parts, that the major artistic effect is due. During the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) the mosque was turned into a hospital. Later it was a library, museum and printing house, and since 1892 it has housed the National Archaeological Institute With Museum .

The Kokonozi Mosque, also known as the Mahmoud Agha Kokonozi Mosque or the Mosque of the New Bazaar, is a historic mosque dating from the mid-18th century. First mentioned in 1775, the mosque was extensively restored in 1853 and 1933. The Kokonozi Mosque is one of the few Muslim places of worship in Tirana that survived the Hoxha dictatorship and was not completely destroyed under the atheism decreed by the state in 1966. The mosque served as a storage room for food and tobacco. The mosque was reopened on 18 February 1991.

Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque is a 17th century Ottoman mosque in Mostar. It is one of the most important mosques in the city and the most scenic as it stands on the bank of the Neretva River.

The Kryepazari Mosque is one of the six mosques in the city of Ulcinj. It was built in 1749 by Nuradin Begu. After the 1979 earthquake, the mosque suffered great damage and it was not until 1995 that its reconstruction was completed.

The Kubelie Mosque dates back to 1736, however, the present building is a reconstruction dating back to 1994. Finally, like many, the mosque was destroyed by the communist regime of Enver Hoxha in 1967.

The Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque dates from the second half of the 17th century. It was built in honour of the first Ottoman garrison of Chania. The mosque stopped functioning in 1923 and is now restored to become a venue.