The official Turkish name of the mosque is Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Merkezi, or "German Turkish-Islamic Center for the Institute for Religion".

This is shortened to DITIM, and is also designated to the mosque association, to which 42 members and their families belong.

The association is linked to the federation Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği (DITIB), and stands under the supervision of the Turkish president for Religious Affairs Diyanet İşleri Bakanlığı.

DITIB also selects the imam of the mosque, who usually speaks little German and is a civil servant of the Turkish state.

However, those new building plans were also attacked, and the press have covered the arguments since spring 2005, under the title Sendlinger Mosque Controversy.