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ABTTF attended the funeral ceremony of late Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete

18.07.2022

Thousands of Western Thrace Turks accompanied our Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete who passed away at the age of 57 in his last journey.

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 15 July 2022 in Xanthi the funeral ceremony of our Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete who passed away on 14 July 2022. The ceremony, which was attended by thousands of people and who accompanied our late mufti in his last journey, was also attended by our Vice President Sami Yusuf representing ABTTF.

The funeral ceremony started with the prayer for Mete and he received the blessings at his home in the Sünne neighbourhood of Xanthi following the afternoon prayers. Afterwards, our late mufti’s coffin was carried on shoulders with takbirs and brought to the Mufti Office of Xanthi where he had served for 15 years since 2007. After the ceremony at the Mufti Office of Xanthi, the body of the deceased was taken to the Xanthi Central Lower Neighbourhood Cemetery accompanied by a cortege and buried after the funeral prayers and the protocol speeches.

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) Mustafa Şentop, Vice President and Party Spokesperson of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Faik Öztrak, Deputy Chairman and Sakarya MP of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Muhammed Levent Bülbül, Chairman of the Great Union Party (BBP) Mustafa Destici, Chairman of the Human Rights Investigation Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and AK Party Bursa Deputy Hakan Çavuşoğlu, President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs of Türkiye Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş, General Mufti of Bulgaria Mustafa Hacı Aliş, Ambassador of motherland Republic of Türkiye Burak Özügergin, Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Komotini Murat Ömeroğlu, Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Thessaloniki Efe Ceylan, Mayor of the Municipality of Edirne Recep Gürkan, President of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority Advisory Board (BTTADK) and Mufti of Rodopi İbrahim Şerif, chairpersons and board members of the institutions and organisations as well as the mayors of the Turkish community in Western Thrace along with the family and relatives of our late mufti Ahmet Mete and thousands of Western Thrace Turks participated in the funeral ceremony. 

In his speech at the ceremony, Speaker of TBMM Mustafa Şentop conveyed the greetings and condolences of the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and indicated that the late Mete had realised many services on behalf of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.

At the ceremony, İbrahim Şerif, BTTADK President and Mufti of Rodopi, and Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş, President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs who led the funeral prayer, also made speeches.

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