The New Juma Mosque, or Yeni Cuma Camii, stands in Trabzon, Turkey. It was built as the Byzantine Church of Saint Eugenius, dedicated to the city's patron saint. After Mehmed the Conqueror captured Trabzon in 1461, it was converted into a mosque.
The date of the original construction is unknown. A nearby inscription is dated 1291, and the church was probably built shortly after the siege of 1222, during which the sultan reportedly ordered the upper walls torn down and the floors broken up.
The building is a basilica with three naves. It has a rounded inner apse and a pentagonal outer apse. The Baroque stone mihrab and a plain wooden pulpit were added for Muslim worship, and a minaret was built near the north door. Traces of painted images of emperors were once recorded inside. It is an active mosque.
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