Turkey Pours BGN 12 M to Build Largest Mosque in Bulgaria
Society | April 4, 2012, Wednesday // 15:35| viewsThe design of the new mosque to be build in Kardzhali with Turkish government funding. Photo from Trud daily
Turkey's government directorate on religion has approved a donation of BGN 12 M (EUR 6 M) for the construction of what is to become the largest mosque in Bulgaria.
The mosque will be located in the southern Bulgarian city of Kardzhali, which hosts a large ethnic Turkish population, and will be able to fit 1 500 people.
The mosque in the Vazrozhdentsi quarter in Kardzhali will be the most expensive public building in the entire district, the Trud daily reported citing Ferad Said, a member of the mosque board in the southern city.
Two local companies are bidding to snap up the construction project; one of them is known for having built a new Muslim school in the nearby town of Momchilgrad – which was funded by Turkey with BGN 5 M; the firm has built a Turkish-owned factory for rubber items called Teklas, which was opened by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in October 2011.
Kardzhali's existing mosque is unable to fit all the mosque-goers; seven years ago the local authorities initiate a project for a new mosque near a residential quarter but a protest petition terminated it.
The new "super-mosque" – for which Turkey is donating not only the money but also the design – will be visible from any point in the city of Kardzhali.
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