MIT Chief Kalın's prayer at the Umayyad Mosque turns out to be 'on orders': 'For those who understand'

The message shared by Yiğit Bulut regarding the prayer performed by MIT Chief İbrahim Kalın at the Umayyad Mosque showed that the prayer was performed under the instructions of AKP Chairman and President Erdoğan.

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MIT Chief Kalın's prayer at the Umayyad Mosque turns out to be 'on orders': 'For those who understand'

Following the capture of Damascus by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the 61-year-old Baath regime was toppled and President Bashar al-Assad left the country. National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Chief İbrahim Kalın went to Damascus. Footage of him entering the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus was shared.

National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Chief İbrahim Kalın performed a prayer at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.

AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had said in a speech in 2012, one year after the start of the Syrian civil war, "God willing, we will recite the Fatiha at the tomb of Saladin Ayyubi and perform our prayer in the Umayyad Mosque."

PRAYER TURNS OUT TO BE ON ORDERS

Erdoğan's chief advisor Yiğit Bulut revealed in a statement on his social media account that the prayer performed by Kalın was carried out within the framework of the instructions of AKP Chairman and President Erdoğan.

Bulut used the following expressions in his statement:

Dear friends,

In line with the foresight and instructions of our President, the fact that İbrahim Kalın, the head of our great Turkish nation's National Intelligence Organization, performed a prayer at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is a very important message given on behalf of the great Turkish nation, for those who understand!