Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey

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The Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey is a state institution responsible for overseeing and administering Islamic religious services, mosques, and related affairs throughout the country.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
religious affairs authority ⓘ
budgetSource state budget of Turkey ⓘ
cooperatesWith Ministry of National Education of Turkey ⓘ
Turkish Directorate General of Foundations ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
employs Qur’an course instructors ⓘ
imams ⓘ
muezzins ⓘ
religious officials ⓘ
established 1924 ⓘ
establishedAfter abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate ⓘ
establishedBy Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
governedBy Turkish public law ⓘ
hasBranch district mufti offices ⓘ
overseas religious services attachés at embassies and consulates ⓘ
provincial mufti offices ⓘ
headquartersCountry Turkey ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ankara ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
legalBasis Constitution of Turkey ⓘ
Law on the Organization and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional institution of Turkey ⓘ
mainDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
mission to inform society about religion ⓘ
to manage places of worship ⓘ
to provide religious services in line with the principles of secularism of Turkey ⓘ
nativeName Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı ⓘ
officialLanguage Turkish ⓘ
oversees Friday sermons in state mosques ⓘ
mosques in Turkey ⓘ
religious education services in mosques ⓘ
state-employed imams in Turkey ⓘ
partOf central government of Turkey ⓘ
predecessor Şeyhülislamlık (Ottoman office of the Sheikh al-Islam) ⓘ
linked to: Shaykh al-Islam
publishes Qur’an translations and commentaries ⓘ
religious books ⓘ
religious journals ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
responsibleFor Qur’an course administration ⓘ
administering Islamic religious services ⓘ
issuing religious guidance and fatwas ⓘ
managing mosque construction and maintenance policies ⓘ
organizing Hajj services for Turkish citizens ⓘ
organizing Umrah services for Turkish citizens ⓘ
preparing standardized sermons ⓘ
publishing religious literature ⓘ
shortName Diyanet ⓘ
subordinateTo President of Turkey ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hagia Sophia → governingBody → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → governingBody → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Selimiye Mosque → affiliation → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Old Mosque (Eski Camii) → governingBody → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey (Diyanet) ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Sultan Ahmed Mosque → governingBody → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey → nativeName → Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey → shortName → Diyanet ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent → governingBody → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Beştepe Millet Camii → affiliation → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Beştepe Millet Camii → operator → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Turkish diaspora → associatedWith → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanlığı → oversees → Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Directorate of Religious Affairs → nativeName → Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Directorate of Religious Affairs → shortName → Diyanet ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Chora Church → governingBody → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
subject linked to: Chora Church in Constantinople
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque → affiliation → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Tomb of Mahmud II → operator → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Tomb of Mehmed II → hasOwner → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
subject linked to: tomb of Mehmed II
Chora Mosque → governingBody → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Eyüp Sultan Mosque → managedBy → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Eyüp Sultan Tomb → hasGuardianInstitution → Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
DİTİB → affiliation → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
DİTİB → affiliation → Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
DİTİB → foundedBy → Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
Law on the Organization and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs → regulates → Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Law on the Organization and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs → defines → overseas organization of the Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Law on the Organization and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs → appliesTo → Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
President of Religious Affairs → partOf → Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
President of Religious Affairs → headOf → Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
President of Religious Affairs → nativeLabel → Diyanet İşleri Başkanı ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey
Ulu Cami (Şanlıurfa) → ownership → Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
subject linked to: Ulu Cami
linked to: Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey