türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Sözcü Newspaper, 1 June 2026)
Transplanted sanctity.
In Çayırova district of Kocaeli province, a set for the film "İslamiyet'in
Doğuşu" (The Birth of Islam) has been erected and includes a black cube
that resembles the Kabe (Kaaba) in Mecca, to the extent that citizens
are encircling the cube to perform "tavaf", the ceremony of going around
the Kaaba at Mecca (!).
Workers on the set playing music are being scolded by citizens for
disturbing the "sanctity of the Kaaba". One worker lamented that
"We were listening to music while working. A man came and told us to
turn off the music, saying this place was sacred. Then he called the police.
We built this place, and now they're performing the pilgrimage."
The resemblance is uncanny...
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Another worker related that "Sometimes we take off our undershirts
because of the heat. We get reactions like, 'How can you do that in a
place like this!' This isn't real, it's a model. There are some very strange
people here."
A lot less expensive than going all the way to Mecca.
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