2024-01-14 15:14:56
The church has an eventful history: first a Christian church, then a mosque, a museum and a mosque once more.
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converted the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was once built as a church, from a museum into a mosque in the summer of 2020, it was met with international criticism. At the time, Erdogan reassured people that entrance fees would be abolished and that buildings would stand…
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