Hagia Sophia Mosque Decision

Completed in 537 ad hagia sophia served as the seat of byzantine christendom for around 900 years before being seized by the ottomans in 1453 and converted into a mosque. Turkey s recep tayip erdogan has ordered the conversion of the city s famous hagia sophia into a mosque after a turkish court ruled annulled a 1934 presidential decree which made it a museum. Erdogan let it be known that he did not sleep all night after signing the decree.

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Hagia sophia mosque decision. Pope francis stood in silence for several minutes at his weekly angelus prayer sunday after he talked about turkey s decision to convert the hagia sophia back into a mosque. The hagia sophia was built 1 500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral but was. According to one media report mr. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has ordered the hagia sophia museum one of istanbul s most famous landmarks to be converted into a mosque.

The president announced his decision on friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status. This friday islamic prayers are due to be held in istanbul s iconic hagia sophia for the first time since turkey s government decided to re convert the ancient cathedral into a mosque. He made the announcement on friday hours after a. Greece condemned a decision by turkey on friday to convert istanbul s hagia sophia museum into a mosque saying it would have repercussions not only on relations between the two countries but on.

Brussels reuters the european union lamented on friday president tayyip erdogan s decision to declare istanbul s hagia sophia open to muslim prayer as a mosque after a top court ruled that the. As the decision was announced muslims gathered outside the hagia sophia chanted allahu akbar allah is greater. Erdogan signs decree allowing hagia sophia to be used as a mosque again the decree came after a turkish court revoked the site s 80 year old status as a museum and is likely to provoke an.