Speaking at the opening of Bilal Saygılı Mosque and complex in Izmir, Erdoğan said:" It is a work worthy of our city. The Prophet says 'Whoever builds a Masjid for (the sake of) Allah, be it small or large, then Allah will build a house for him in Paradise'. In our belief, the mosques have never been the place that are used and abandoned when the worship is done. The mosque is as much a place of worship as it is a place of conversation and solidarity. The mosque is a place of learning and teaching, consultation." (ILKHA)