Hagia Sophia Mosque, Historic Turkish Building, Architect, Church, Date, Design, Location
Hagia Sophia Istanbul Architecture
Historic Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Europe – design by Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles
11 July 2020
Hagia Sophia Mosque Conversion
World reacts to Turkey reconverting Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Ayasofya Mosque building:

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled the building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Erdogan made his announcement, just an hour after the court ruling was revealed, despite international warnings not to change the status of the nearly 1,500-year-old monument, revered by Christians and Muslims alike.

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“The decision was taken to hand over the management of the Ayasofya Mosque … to the Religious Affairs Directorate and open it for worship,” the decision signed by Erdogan said.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, a magnet for tourists worldwide, was first constructed as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire but was converted ...