{"id":4245,"date":"2025-09-18T16:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/?page_id=4245"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:07:27","slug":"massachusetts-ahiskan-turkish-association-inc-diyanet-mosque-of-springfield-akhiskan-turks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/mosques\/local-mosques-association\/massachusetts-ahiskan-turkish-association-inc-diyanet-mosque-of-springfield-akhiskan-turks\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Ahiskan Turkish Association Inc. (Diyanet Mosque of Springfield Akhiskan Turks)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts. Its founding dates back to 1635. According to 2023 population estimates, the city has 28,424 residents. 0.2% of the population is Muslim. The Muslim population is diverse. There are approximately 100 Meskhetian families and 100 Turkish families in and around the city.<\/p>

Meskhetian Turks living in the city settled here after seeking asylum in the United States from the Krosnodar region of Russia after 2003.<\/p>

The West Springfield Ah\u0131ska Mosque, previously a Russian-Orthodox church, was purchased in 2015 by Ah\u0131ska Turks at the request of Turkish government officials in the United States and was turned over to the Ah\u0131ska Turks living there for use as a mosque and cultural center. The building and the land on which it stands are owned by the Presidency of Religious Affairs. Currently, it operates as the Ah\u0131ska Turkish-American Community Center, with its mosque, conference hall, and residential housing at 407 Park Street in West Springfield.<\/p>

Shortly after the building was rezoned as a mosque, the Presidency of Religious Affairs appointed Osman \u00c7alkaya as the mosque's first official. Upon his return to T\u00fcrkiye in 2020, Kanuni Ya\u015faro\u011flu was appointed imam-hatip in 2021, and he remains active in his duties.<\/p>

After Mehdi Osmanl\u0131, the first chairman of the board, Bahtiyar Agayev took over the chairmanship. The current chairman is Alikhan Lachinov.<\/p>

Although there are a small number of non-Turkish congregations, almost all of our congregation is Turkish.<\/p>

Our mosque is especially busy and full during Ramadan, religious holidays, and Fridays. While there's a slight decrease in attendance with the arrival of summer and vacation, our mosque remains active and full throughout the rest of the year, with weekly religious talks and basic religious instruction courses for young people and children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u00a0Address: <\/strong>407 Park St. West Springfield, MA 01089
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President of the Association:<\/strong><\/p>

Alikhan Lachinov<\/p>

Phone: +14133062030<\/p>

Email: alikhanlachinov@gmail.com<\/p>


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Gelenekten Gelece\u011fe\u2026 Springfield Ah\u0131ska T\u00fcrkleri Diyanet Camii (West Springfield, MA) West Springfield, Massachusetts Eyaletinin Hampden \u0130l\u00e7esine ba\u011fl\u0131 bir \u015fehirdir. \u015eehrin kurulu\u015f tarihi 1635 y\u0131llar\u0131na kadar ula\u015f\u0131r. 2023 y\u0131l\u0131 nufus tahminlerine g\u00f6re \u015fehirde 28.424 ki\u015fi ya\u015famaktad\u0131r. Nufusun % 0.2\u2019sim\u00fcsl\u00fcmand\u0131r. M\u00fcsl\u00fcman nufus yap\u0131s\u0131 \u00e7e\u015fitlilik g\u00f6sterir. \u015eehirde ve yak\u0131n civar\u0131nda yakla\u015f\u0131k olarak 100 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2783,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4906,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4245\/revisions\/4906"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}