UPDATE - Turkish body organizes iftar for Muslims in Brazil

ADDS IFTAR EVENT IN AFGHANISTAN

By Meltem Bulur and Baris Seckin

ANKARA (AA) - The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) organized an iftar (fast-breaking) event for Afro-Brazilian Muslims in Brazil.

In a statement, TIKA on Friday said food aid package were also given to 300 needy Brazilians.

Turkey's Consul General Serkan Gedik, Culture and Tourism Attache Ahmet Canga and officials from TIKA attended the event at Bilal Habesi Mosque in Sao Paulo.

TIKA also held an iftar program in Almaty. Nearly 250 people, including around 150 students, some academics and officials attended the program at Almaty Foreign Language and Career University, TIKA said in a statement.

In another statement, the agency said it held an iftar program for 600 female students of Belh University in the northern part of Afghanistan.