Hagia Sophia Jerusalem Post
The hagia sophia move was a sign towards achieving freedom for al aqsa mosque in jerusalem erdogan said earlier this month.
Hagia sophia jerusalem post. The jerusalem post customer service center can be contacted with. 1823 1861 and completed by eight hundred workers between 1847 and 1849 under the supervision of the swiss italian architect brothers gaspare and giuseppe fossati. The resurrection of hagia sophia heralds the liberation of the al aqsa mosque the turkish. Erdogan joins thousands to pray for first time at istanbul s hagia sophia the jerusalem post hagia sophia was the largest cathedral in the world for 900 years until its capture by ottoman sultan.
Hagia sophia is an architectural masterpiece and a unique testimony to interactions between europe and asia over the centuries. Hagia sophia turkey to inform unesco on hagia sophia after converting it back to mosque the site was inscribed onto unesco s world heritage list in 1985 under historic areas of istanbul along with. The jerusalem post customer service center can be contacted. The jerusalem post noted that erdogan delivered his friday address to the nation in turkish.
He announced that the reconquest of the hagia sophia was just the first step in a crusade that would soon reach jerusalem. Turkey vows to liberate al aqsa after turning hagia sophia to mosque. Hagia sophia was a christian byzantine cathedral for 900 years before it was seized by ottoman conquerors and served as a mosque until 1934.