Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Meets the Delegates of the 1st General Assembly (June 2014)
The delegates from 15 countries attending the 1st International Braille Quran Meeting in Istanbul in June 2014 were received by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Prime Minister of Türkiye.
Following the 1st International Braille Quran Meeting and 1st General Assembly held in Istanbul on 21–23 June 2014, visually impaired hafizes, reciters and organization representatives from 15 countries were received, together with the Union's leadership, by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Prime Minister of Türkiye.
Erdoğan spoke with the delegates one by one and listened to their work on access to the Holy Quran for visually impaired Muslims. The founding purpose of the Union and its goals for international cooperation were presented at the reception. For the newly founded Union, the meeting signified interest and support at the highest level.
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