President of Religious Affairs

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government position public office state religious leadership role

The President of Religious Affairs is the top official overseeing Turkey’s state institution responsible for administering and guiding Islamic religious services and affairs nationwide.

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Label Occurrences
President of Religious Affairs canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state religious leadership role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy President of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
budgetSource central government budget of Turkey ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
createdBy Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain public administration ⓘ
religious affairs ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver district muftis ⓘ
provincial muftis ⓘ
state-employed imams ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.diyanet.gov.tr ⓘ
headOf Presidency of Religious Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel highest-ranking official in the Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
inception 1924 ⓘ
influences state-approved religious discourse in Turkey ⓘ
issues official religious opinions within the state system ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Turkish ⓘ
legalBasis Turkish Constitution provisions on Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
relevant Turkish laws and decrees regulating the Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ankara Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLabel Diyanet İşleri Başkanı NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderOf top official of Turkey’s state religious institution ⓘ
officeType non-elective office ⓘ
oversees Friday sermons in state mosques ⓘ
Islamic religious services in Turkey ⓘ
production and distribution of official religious publications ⓘ
religious education and guidance programs under the Presidency of Religious Affairs ⓘ
religious guidance activities of imams employed by the state ⓘ
state-run mosques in Turkey ⓘ
partOf Presidency of Religious Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy Ali Erbaş NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Directorate of Foundations of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministry of National Education of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
replaces Ottoman Sheikh ul-Islam office (as state religious authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor administering Islamic religious affairs nationwide in Turkey ⓘ
ensuring uniformity of official Islamic practice in state institutions ⓘ
guiding Islamic religious life in Turkey within the state framework ⓘ
implementing state religious policy in the field of Islam ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
seat Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo Presidency of the Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
executive branch of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
termInOfficeStart 2017 (for Ali Erbaş) ⓘ
worksWith Council of Religious Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Directorate of Religious Affairs (via appointment of its head) → headTitle → President of Religious Affairs ⓘ
subject surface form: Directorate of Religious Affairs
Directorate of Religious Affairs (via appointment of its head) → headOfGovernmentBody → President of Religious Affairs ⓘ
subject surface form: Directorate of Religious Affairs