Erdoğan promises 'large-scale mosque' to Rize
AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed his fellow citizens who welcomed him in the Güneysu district of his hometown, Rize. Pointing out that the Rize Coastal Mosque, located on the coastal landfill area, is shifting, Erdoğan stated that a large mosque will be built in the city center.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who came to Rize for mass opening ceremonies and a series of programs, addressed the citizens who welcomed him in his father's hometown, Güneysu district.
Stating that he will spend the weekend in Rize to inspect ongoing and new projects on-site, Erdoğan said, “My dear fellow citizens, I am very happy to be with you again in my ancestral home, Güneysu. May the Almighty be with you and help you, God willing. We will be in Rize until Sunday evening, God willing.
I want to see the steps we will take here, both regarding the housing and other matters. I want to see the work on the city hospital on-site as well. Thus, I want to quickly monitor the work on both the Güneysu Hospital and the Rize City Hospital on-site and bring them to our Rize as soon as possible. I want to deliver them to our Rize,” he said.
Speaking about the tea-harvesting machines, the use of which has increased in recent years, Erdoğan said, “The weather is nice right now, but according to the reports, they say there will be a lot of rain on Sunday. That is the abundance of this place anyway. This abundance has always been here and will continue to be. How is the tea? But I hear that you are harvesting with machines now. Isn't that so? This is not exactly a good sign. Where did we come from? Now we are harvesting tea with machines. I don't know, you understand these things. Of course, my fellow citizens do what suits them best,” he said.
"WE WANT TO BUILD A MAGNIFICENT MOSQUE IN RİZE CITY CENTER, GOD WILLING"
Pointing to the Rize Coastal Mosque located on the coastal landfill area, which has frequently been on the agenda due to corrosion caused by seawater, President Erdoğan noted that it is shifting and stated that the site of the shifting mosque could be evaluated in a different way with the construction of a large mosque in Rize.
Erdoğan said, “We want to take these steps as soon as possible and build a magnificent mosque in Rize city center, God willing. Unfortunately, the existing mosque has shifted.
Now we want to build a large-scale mosque where the construction site is. With this large mosque, we want to realize what suits Rize, and after that large mosque is finished, we will of course take the necessary steps regarding the existing mosque in a different way,” he said.