ISTANBUL (AFP) – The afternoon prayers have ended in the working-class Istanbul mosque and the silver-haired men turn their gaze from the imam to the sport instructor in a white polo shirt. A dozen worshippers and the imam with a long, carefully trimmed beard stand up straight, feet planted on the thick, turquoise carpet of […]
The afternoon prayers have ended in the working-class Istanbul mosque and the silver-haired men turn their gaze from the imam to the sport instructor in a white polo shirt.Between 25 and 35 worshippers work on their flexibility every day after noon and late afternoon prayers, Yamanoglu said.