Reclaiming Hagia Sophia plays well with his base - religious ... "The nationalism displayed by President Erdogan... takes his country back six centuries," she said in a statement.
But Mr Erdogan stressed that the country had exercised its sovereign right. "After 86 years, Hagia Sophia will serve as a mosque again, in the way Fatih the conqueror of Istanbul had indicated in ...
Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical significance. Built between 532 and 537, the building was a church for nearly a ...
Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.
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