An outside view of the Bulent Aydin Mosque, built by Turkey's Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which is named after martyred senior master sergeant Bulent Aydin, the first July 15 martyr, during its inauguration ceremony at the NATO Base on April 8, 2018 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
By Sinan Uslu
KABUL, Afghanistan
A mosque named after the first martyr of the July 15 defeated coup in Turkey has been inaugurated by the Turkish premier in capital Kabul.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Sunday inaugurated the mosque built by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA); it has been named after martyred senior Master Sgt. Bulent Aydin.
“We’re so glad that Afghan-Turk friendship is not limited to security, but it also increasingly continues in the fields of education, defense, trade, substructure and other fields of life,” Yildirim said during his speech at the event.
The mosque would serve Muslim soldiers at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, which until recently hosted only a church at the command post where 4,500 soldiers from 28 different NATO countries remain stationed.
The mosque, which has
Yildirim was in Kabul on Sunday for a day-long visit.
After visiting the command post at Hamid Karzai International Airport, he returned to Turkey.
FETO and its U.S.-based leader
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
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