In the 1990s, conservative Turkish women fought for their right to wear headscarves on university campuses. Now, they are facing an uproar over holding religious ceremonies that some critics have deemed extravagant.

A mawlid is a religious ceremony to commemorate a birth or a death. Though extravagant religious ceremonies are common in Turkey, a mawlid organized by Instagram influencer Busra Nur Calar for her baby received an excess of attention.

In a video of the mawlid, Calar enters a lavishly decorated wedding hall, complete with candles and strung with lights and artificial flowers. Calar's black dress sweeps the floor as three veiled women sing prayers. Calar holds a tiny baby in her arms, which are adorned with golden bracelets. The baby wears what appears to be an oversized diamond ring on its finger. The whole affair is typical of Calar, whose wedding and henna ceremony photos depict similarly extravagant set-ups.

This display of luxury and wealth comes as the media have covered three mass suicides prompted by economic hardship. Subsequently, the mawlid spectacles on social media — depicting conservative women socializing with relatives at extravagant ceremonies — have drawn criticism from people of all walks of life, including conservative and secular individuals.