Sunni Islam

Negative and positive stereotypes about Albanians are the legacy of colonial ideology. However, the recent phenomenon of marginalization spread in the early 1990s, when Albanians emigrated abroad. Albanians felt unwelcome in Western European countries and some of them tried to conceal themselves in order not to be harassed.

Within the scope of a restoration project by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the 500-year-old shrine of Asude Hatun in Istanbul's Fatih district will be revived.

No one doubts Muhammad Ali laid the foundations for the modern state of Egypt - but whether he was Albanian, and much else besides, is a bigger question.

Maliki, who earlier in the day met with the Serbian president, spoke at the Serbian National Assembly after a meeting with its president, Maja Gojkovic.

"Knowing historical and geographic facts well, we cannot recognize self-proclaimed states because that poses a threat to other regions of the world," El Maliki told reporters.

A man in Istanbul's Üsküdar has made an announcement from a municipal vehicle, urging people to choose their own caliph and unite under Islam, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Aykut Erdoğdu tweeted on Dec. 14, sharing video of the incident.

An official from the Aladağ District Governor's Office in Adana attempted to force a survivor of a deadly dormitory fire last week to fabricate her testimony, according to the girl's father.

As Turkey maintains pressure on Balkan countries to clamp down on so-called Gulenists - followers of the US-based cleirc Fethullah Gulen accused of masterminding the failed Turkish coup attempt on July 15,  experts in Albania say the country must put its own interests ahead of those of Ankara.

Albanian agencies in charge of property compensation and legalisation are creating a special joint unit to resolve the thorny issue of religious properties.

With hearts pounding for the (Sunni) Muslim paradise but minds not too silly to risk a (Shiite) Muslim hell, officialdom in Ankara is going through the country's century-old conundrum: Unfortunately, Muslim Turkey is privately viewed as an "infidel land" both by Wahhabi (or other fellow) Sunni Arabs and by the Shiite (not-so-fellow) Persians. It is simple to understand.

A popular Muslim televangelist in Turkey has opposed a recent statement by a colleague, who had declared "advanced oral sex" to be forbidden by Islam.

"Do not invent a lie on behalf of Allah," said Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, popularly known as "Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca" (Robed Ahmet Hoca) among his followers, during his latest televised sermon.