Last Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Hagia Sophia had been a museum since 1935. There are many reasons floating around as to why ...

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However, in a contentious decision made in 2020 by the President of Turkey, Tayyip Recep Erdogan, the monument was once more converted into a mosque. Read also: Hagia Sophia admission rules to change.

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TASS/. The Muslim worship at the Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, which was turned from a museum into a mosque on Friday, will begin on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a ...

TASS/. At least 500 security force officers will be instructed to guard Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s iconic monument recently converted into a mosque, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a ...

presents Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as heir to the Ottoman and Seljuk dynasties and portrays Turkish conquerors praying in the Church of Hagia Sophia, the former Byzantine basilica ...

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While congratulating Erdogan on reopening of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as mosque, Dr. Arif Alvi reiterated Pakistan's steadfast support to Turkey. Prime Minister Imran Khan also felicitated President ...

“I think of Hagia Sophia, and I am very saddened,” Pope ... Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who critics say is chipping away at the Muslim-majority country's secular pillars ...