Diyarbakır's extraordinary imam: He becomes the center of attention with his racing motorcycle

Polat, who formed a motorcycle group with tradesmen, visits historical mosques in the city center and districts on certain days of the week and prays with them.

Mahmut Polat said that his first encounter with motorcycles dates back to his childhood.

Polat stated that society has a somewhat reserved attitude towards motorcycles, even though there is no harm in using them according to religion, and added that he anticipated that there might be prejudice and criticism when he started using a motorcycle.

Polat said, "Even though the older members of our community, our grandfathers and uncles, criticized us with questions like, 'Does a teacher ride a motorcycle?', 'Can a teacher ride a motorcycle?', they eventually got used to it. They even started to like it."

Polat stated that young people say of him, "He's young, a biker, dresses like us, talks like us," and added that he gives young people a different perspective with this aspect.

Polat said, "I answer all the questions they're hesitant to ask from a religious perspective. By establishing this relationship with young people, I encourage them to go to the mosque and pray. Some of our young brothers used to come to pray every Friday. Thankfully, they now try to come to the mosque five times a day. Some of our brothers weren't praying, so we tried to make them love prayer."

Polat stated that he took some young people he met to the mosque where he worked on his motorcycle for the morning prayer and that they performed the prayer together.

Polat stated that they ride to the city center or districts on certain days of the week with the motorcycle group he founded, and explained that they visit historical sites and mosques and pray in the mosques they visit.