Imam invites prayers to take arms on election night

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During the Friday praying on May 19 at the Cebeci Mosque in Sultangazi, İstanbul, the imam of the mosque, Murat Gündoğdu, invited the community to take arms on the second round of the presidential elections. 

İsmail Arı from Birgün Daily reported on the event and also shared the videos recorded during the event by mobile phones showing that the imam invites the prayers to take guns for election night. 

Imam Gündoğdu is heard saying, "Prepare your guns for the May 28 night. I have two guns, fully loaded. Let me see if they can! What is this torture that this country suffers because of you for 80 years? What is this that we suffer from the offsprings of the Armenians? We have so many martyrs." 

İstanbul Sultangazi’deki Cebeci Camii imamı Murat Gündoğdu, Cuma namazında yaptığı konuşmada, "28 Mayıs akşamı silahlarınızı hazırlayın" diye çağrı yapıp, "Benim iki tane silahım ağzına kadar dolu” şeklinde tehditler savurdu. Daha sonra cami karıştı❗️https://t.co/lsuQKr5zYW pic.twitter.com/5w54EHHYui

— İsmail Arı (@ismailari_) May 21, 2023

One person stood up and protested the imam while some others in the mosque walked up to him. The imam and those accompanying him took the man out of the mosque forcefully.  

(Mİ/PE)