The Latest: Turkey’s 85,000 mosques pray for dead in coup
ISTANBUL — The Latest on Turkey’s failed military coup. (all times local):
12:35 p.m.
Prayers are being read simultaneously from Turkey’s 85,000 mosques at noon to rally the country to defend its democracy and honour those who died in an attempted military coup.
Sela prayers are traditionally recited from mosques during funerals, though they are also performed to rally people. During Friday night’s attempted military coup, sela prayers were repeatedly recited from mosques across the country throughout the night to rally the people against the coup plotters.