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Barış Terkoğlu Explained: in Istanbul, the Ghost Imam only Comes to Collect Money.

Journalist Barış Terkoğlu wrote about the "ghost imam" in Istanbul's Fatih district, who rose from cleaning staff to imam and data preparation specialist, yet never actually went to the mosque, only appearing with his son in front of it when money was to be collected.
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Journalist Barış Terkoğlu wrote about the "ghost imam" in Istanbul's Fatih district, who rose from cleaning staff to imam and data preparation specialist, yet never actually went to the mosque, only appearing with his son in front of it when money was to be collected.

A sacred thing remembered only in relation to another has been defeated by self-interest. Just four months ago, I wrote a headline in this column: Muslims in Fatih are uneasy! [Referring to Fatih]

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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