(WATCH) Turkey’s largest mosque, Camlica Mosque

Religion

Wed 8 May 2019:

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday (May 3) inaugurated the country’s largest mosque, Camlica in Istanbul. Construction on Camlica Mosque started in 2013, with plans to open in 2018, but delays in construction postponed the opening.

Worshippers at Friday’s ceremony included visitors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Senegal and Guinea. The mosque can accommodate some 37,000 worshippers and a further 37,000 in its courtyard, according to officials.

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