According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, Kastamonu was named the most religious province in the country. In this province, there is one mosque for every 145 people (a total of 2,605). Samsun came in second (one for every 497 people, a total of 2,751 mosques). Konya, which had previously held the lead, fell to third place with one for every 705 people, a total of 3,255 mosques. For information, the number of mosques in Uzbekistan as a whole, according to Masjid.uz, is 2,043.

Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a representative of far-right forces, ordered the confiscation of loudspeakers in mosques. He based his decision on complaints of "noise" that was "disturbing the Jewish population."