Hajj

80,000 Turkish pilgrims expected to visit Mecca, Medina in 2019

The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) on Dec. 10 met with Saudi Arabia's hajj and umrah minister to reach an agreement on services to be provided next year for Turkish pilgrims making their way to Islam's holiest cities for pilgrimages amid concern over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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