President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Al-Hussein and all the martyrs of Karbala with mercy and reverence.
President Erdoğan shared a post on the social networking site Twitter for the Muslim month of Muharram.
Featuring a part of his speech at the Inauguration Ceremony of MESS Technology Centre and 40 Factories in his post, Erdoğan made the following statement:
"I wish the Muslim month of Muharram and the Day of Ashura to be auspicious for our nation and the entire Muslim world. I commemorate Imam Al-Hussein, the lord of the martyrs and the grandson of the Prophet, on the 1381st anniversary of his martyrdom, and all the martyrs of Karbala with mercy and reverence."