Lake Cleansing Foundation.

Lake Cleansing Foundation.

“Come on guys, let's see,” said Ali Bey, the son of Hamza.
-Let's take a walk around this mosque with you…
Young people respected Ali Bey. He was a very helpful gentleman as he was from the notables of the city. He would be young with the young people, he would take care of each of them as if they were his own child. After a while, their path came to the lake in Çukurbostan, which is a lush plain. It took its color from the sky, and it was shining blue. They couldn't believe their eyes. Everyone was asking each other: “See? Did you see?" That… There were green trees around it, benches to sit on…
One of the youth whispered to the other:
-This is such an amazing place. Why might he have brought us here?
"I don't know," said the other. But we'll find out soon, be patient…
For a while, they wandered around the edge of the lake in silence… Then they untied the boat tied to the shore and went out to the lake together. From time to time, Ali Bey, son of Hamza, would bend over and pick up a scrap of food, a piece of bone or a rotten fruit donkey that had been thrown into the water with the tool in his hand, and throw them into the trash can on the boat.
“What a sensitive man,” said one of them to the other… After a while, Mr. Ali turned to the young people:
-Have you ever seen this lake?
-No, sir, we haven't seen it.
Philanthropy is a conscience, young people. We also had a wish. And that is to present the mosque where we prayed together for the worship of the believers for the sake of Allah. Thank goodness it did. The water needed for the fountain and other needs of the mosque comes from this lake.
-From this sparkling lake?
-Yup. However, I have tried to carry out the maintenance and cleaning of both our mosque and this lake until now. But they said, "What's wrong with one hand, two hands have a voice". The important thing is that this service will continue after me. We can carry this service to the next generations by establishing a foundation together.
The young people promised by the lake:
-You establish a foundation and we will continue the service of the foundation.
Founded in Edirne, this foundation carried out the cleaning of the lake with the same sensitivity for hundreds of years.