Hagia Sophia Ottoman Era

Built by the byzantine emperor justinian in 537 hagia sophia was turned into a mosque with the 1453 ottoman conquest of istanbul.

Hagia sophia ottoman era. Hagia sophia ˈ h ɑː ɡ i ə s oʊ ˈ f iː ə. Following his decree earlier this month turkish president recep erdo gbreve an s joined a coronavirus limited 500. Ayasofya i kebir camii şerifi and formerly the church of hagia sophia is a late antique place of worship in istanbul. Mustafa kemal ataturk the founding leader of the secular turkish republic converted the structure into a museum in 1934.

Mimar sinan an undisputedly greatest architect of the ottoman era constructed supporting blocks and minarets around hagia sophia in the 16th century reinforcing its dome and increasing its longevity. The building was considered to have become a mosque when. From the koinē greek. Ali erbaş the top imam and president of the controversial directorate of religious affairs of turkey used an ottoman sword to climb up the staircase of the pulpit of hagia sophia.

Sancta sophia or sancta sapientia holy wisdom officially the ayasofya grand mosque turkish. The muslims took over hagia sophia on may 29 1453 as they were plundering constantinople and murdering or enslaving christians wholesale. While the hagia sophia s huge dome collapsed after its first construction and needed several renovations due to partial collapses in the pre ottoman period during the ottoman era and following that we don t see a long term need for repairs in the building. His move was not accidental.

Apart from the negative impact to turkey s overall image changing the status of hagia sophia will also reduce its influence in protecting and restoring ottoman era sites outside turkey particularly in the balkans many experts suggest. With the conquest of constantinople which was renamed as istanbul from the byzantium empire the ottomans turned the then biggest church of the christian world into a mosque sending shocking waves across european capitals.