Turkey and TRNC will celebrate Laylat al-Raghaib with the joint broadcast of TRT, Diyanet TV and BRT. with a special program to be held at Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque
Date Added: 11 January 2024, 08:45


Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque will be opened for worship tomorrow with the participation of President Ersin Tatar, Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mehmet Fatih Kacır, President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş and representatives from many Muslim countries. Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque which will be opened on Laylat al-Raghaib will also host the raghaib program that will be broadcast live by TRT and BRT.

Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque, which is the largest mosque in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and can accommodate 10 thousand people at the same time and has 62 domes and 6 minarets, will be opened for worship with a ceremony to be held at Near East University tomorrow at 10.30.

The ceremony, which will be held with the participation of President Ersin Tatar, Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mehmet Fatih Kacır, President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş, will bring together representatives of many Muslim countries, as well as the state protocol of Turkey and the TRNC.


Laylat al-Raghaib Program to be performed at Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque will be broadcast live on TRT, Diyanet TV and BRT!
Designed by Prof. Dr. Türköz Kolozali, who is also a lecturer at the University of Kyrenia, Faculty of Architecture, Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque was built by the Near East Enterprises Construction Unit under the management of Ömer Başaranlar.

Built on an area of 30 thousand square meters, this mosque is the largest mosque in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with its 62 domes and 6 minarets. Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque will go down in history as the largest monumental work brought to the island by the Turkish Cypriots.


It will be opened for worship with the opening ceremony that will start at 10.30. The “Laylat al-Raghaib Quran and Mawlid Programme”, which will be performed by the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey at the Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque, will reach all of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with the joint live broadcast of TRT, Diyanet TV and BRT. The special broadcast, which will start at 20.00 Turkey time and 19.00 TRNC time, will be attended by the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş and TRNC President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ünsal.