Meeting Tomorrow with Ridvan Cakir, President of DITIB

Today I was finally able to speak directly with Ridvan Cakir, the president of DITIB.  His office is in Cologne, which has complicated things, but more importantly he was in Turkey for the past couple weeks.  Although he’s back on the job, he told me over the phone that many DITIB employees in Cologne, including the person who focuses on sermons, are back in Turkey for summer holidays.

However, just by chance, he’s flying into Berlin tomorrow morning and will be coming to the mosque in my neighborhood for some meetings.  Talk about timing!  He said that he’ll be available around 1:00 pm, but I’m going to camp out at the mosque for most of the day so I don’t miss the opportunity to speak with him.

Maybe the barber will bring around some more strawberries while I’m waiting.