Priorities, priorities. As far as the Erdogan regime is concerned, this beer factory is simply a manifestation of jahiliyya, the society of unbelievers, which must be rejected and obliterated.
“Turkey plans to build mosque on site of Istanbul’s first beer factory,” by Ali Kucukgocmen, Reuters, September 4, 2019:
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s first modern beer factory could face demolition after being transferred to the country’s highest religious authority, which plans to build a mosque and a car park in its place, architects and engineers say.
The long-defunct Bomonti factory was built in the late Ottoman era and gave its name to the Istanbul neighbourhood where it has stood since the 1890s. It is registered as a historic site by the city’s conservation board.
“The structures are very important. It takes you to the past,” said a member of the Istanbul Architects Chamber, who lamented the plans for the factory’s demolition.
“It is more than an architectural heritage. The Bomonti beer factory was very special,” the architect, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.
She said Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, planned to build a mosque, a dormitory, car park and exhibition space in place of the factory. Diyanet officials were not available for comment on Wednesday….