14.02.2026 07:50
Images of a security officer waiting for the district governor outside a mosque with shoes and a carpet in hand have drawn reactions in the Yenice district of Karabük. District Governor Mert Canga stated that he did not give any instructions for the shoes to be prepared, explaining that the security officer took on an unnecessary responsibility and that he himself was at fault for not intervening in a timely manner regarding the situation that arose.
Images taken at the exit of the Green Mosque in the Yenice district of Karabük became a hot topic on social media. The footage showed a security police officer waiting for the Yenice District Governor Mert Can Canga, holding a pair of shoes and a shoehorn.
Lawyer Mustafa Kemal Çiçek, who shared the footage on his social media account, reported that he warned the security officer, stating that it was not his duty, to which the officer replied, "I am a servant of orders."
"TURKISH POLICE ARE NOT SHOE CARRIERS"
In his post, Çiçek stated, "In the house of God, where absolute equality exists, the Turkish police are not the shoe carriers of a 30-year-old salaried bureaucrat." The images quickly resonated widely on social media.
GOVERNOR CANGA: I HAD NO INSTRUCTION
Following the reactions, Governor Mert Can Canga spoke on the phone with Lawyer Mustafa Kemal Çiçek. According to Çiçek, Canga stated that he had not given any instructions to the security officer regarding the preparation of his shoes and that such an instruction could not be the case.
Canga expressed that the security officer took on an unnecessary duty, which put both himself and the institution in a difficult position. He also mentioned that he was at fault for not intervening in a timely manner regarding the footage that emerged.
Çiçek, in his second post, stated that he found Governor Canga's explanations sincere and that he trusted him.