President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan watched the British musician Yusuf İslam's concert in Beştepe. The British artist, who left his mark on the 1960s and 1970s with his albums under the name Cat Stevens, chose to become a Muslim in 1977 and was named “Yusuf Islam”, gave a concert at the Beştepe Millet Congress and Culture Center.
President Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan, Vice President Fuat Oktay, members of the Presidential Cabinet, Yusuf Islam's wife Fauzia Mubarak Ali and his son Muhammed Islam also attended the concert.
Yusuf Islam presented a guitar to President Erdoğan on stage after the concert.
Emine Erdogan expressed her satisfaction
On the other hand, First Lady Erdoğan, in her message shared on her social media account, stated that they were very pleased to host world-famous musician Yusuf Islam and his family in Turkey, and said, “He touched our hearts with his works reflecting the universal language of music. We listened with admiration, especially the melody inspired by our folk poet Yunus Emre.” used the phrases.
World-renowned artist Yusuf Islam thanked President Erdogan
World-renowned musician Yusuf Islam thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his peaceful efforts and support for the Muslims of the world.
Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun shared a video of the speech Islam gave at the concert at Beştepe Millet Congress and Culture Center on his social media account.
Thanking President Erdogan for his extraordinarily generous support to British Muslims and the construction of the Cambridge Mosque in the UK, Islam said, “I appreciate your wonderful work in clearing the blockages between Ukraine and Russia. I ask you not to give up on finding a peaceful solution for my homeland Cyprus. And I ask you to continue your precious support for the freedom of Palestine so that everyone can live in peace in the holy land.” used the phrases.
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