World-renowned musician Yusuf Islam thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his peaceful efforts and support for Muslims worldwide.
Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a video of the speech Islam gave at the concert at Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Centre on social media.
Thanking President Erdoğan for his extraordinarily generous support to British Muslims and the construction of the Cambridge Mosque in the UK, Islam said, “I appreciate your outstanding efforts to remove obstacles between Ukraine and Russia. I also request you not to give up on finding a peaceful solution for my homeland Cyprus. And I ask you to maintain your valuable support for the freedom of Palestine so that, Allah willing, everyone can live peacefully in the holy land.”