The Tampere Tatar Congregation (formerly ''The Tampere Islamic Congregation'',

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: ''Tampereen islamilainen seurakunta'') is an

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ic congregation of local

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

in the city of

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. Its facilities are located on the street

Hämeenkatu Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland, located in the city center. The boulevard is roughly a kilometre long, and wide (driveway and sidewalk) at its widest point. Hämeenkatu is a boulevard, which begins from the east at the Tampe ...

. It was founded in 1943.

History

The early generations of Tatars in Tampere had a long-time wish to establish their own congregation in their city, through which they could get together to pray, operate their own school education and in general, maintain their language and culture. Before establishing the congregation, Tatars in Tampere belonged to ''Suomen muhamettilainen seurakunta'' (''The Finnish Mohammedan Congregation''). It later became ''Suomen Islam-seurakunta'' ( The Finnish Islamic Congregation), which has its main building in Fredrikinkatu, Helsinki. Also, ''Tampereen Turkkilainen Yhdistys'' (

The Tampere Turkish Society The Tampere Turkish Society (''Tampere Türkler Birligi'', Finnish: ''Tampereen Turkkilainen Yhdistys'') was an association of Tatars in Tampere, Finland, which focused mainly on arranging religious occasions and cultural gatherings, such as thea ...

) was important for them during those times. In October 1942, they bought a space in

Satakunnankatu Satakunnankatu is an east–west, busy street in the center of Tampere, Finland, which is one of the city's main streets. It starts from the vicinity of Tampere Cathedral on the east side of Tammerkoski, where it separates the Jussinkylä and Kyt ...

4 (a street in Tampere). The Tampere Islamic Congregation was registered in 1943. A big financial contributor and the first chairman was a Tatar-businessman named

Ymär Sali Ymär Sali (né ''Alautdinoff -'' ; Mishar Dialect: "Ümär", Literary Tatar: Гомәр Сәли / Галәветдин, ''Ğomər Səli / Ğaləwetdin''; February 5, 1876 - August 12, 1951) was a Tatar entrepreneur in the city of Tampere, Fin ...

. The name was changed to The Tampere Tatar Congregation (''Tampereen tataariseurakunta'') in 2019. Its official address is

29 A 9.

Cemeteries

The congregation has two rows for the deceased of their community: one in

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(in Tampere), other in Vatiala Cemetery (in

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History

Cemeteries

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