Yakup Aktas

Imam-Hatip of Taksim Mosque

He was born in Erzurum in 1982. In 1995, he completed his hafiz training at Erzurum Yıldırım Beyazid Quran Course. He graduated from Erzurum Imam-Hatip High School in 2002. He started to work as an imam in Rize in 2008. He performed the duty of reading the call to prayer (adhan) in Rize central system between 2009 and 2011. In the same years, he received a degree in the beautiful reading competitions of the Quran and adhan. In 2012, he was appointed as imam of Istanbul / Beyoğlu Taht Kadı Mosque. In the same year, he trained Hafiz students in Arab Mosque Qur'an Course and he completed his associate degree education in Divinity in this year. He received Tashihi Huruf training at Abdurrahman Gürses Haseki Training Center. He is currently continuing his education in Asere-i Takrip Tayyibe at Dülgerzade Recitation Course.

Aktaş has been working as Taksim Mosque Imam-Hatip since 01.04.2022.

He is married and father of 2 children.