Hagia Sophia Restoration 2018

Ayasofya i kebir camii şerifi and formerly the church of hagia sophia is a late antique place of worship in istanbul built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial. The redesignation of hagia sophia as a mosque is a new declaration of the victory supremacy and superiority of islam. Some islamic prayers have been held in the museum in recent years and in a major symbolic move erdogan recited the opening verse of the quran in the hagia sophia in 2018.

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Hagia sophia restoration 2018. There were those in istanbul who objected to whittemore s restoration of the hagia sophia on religious grounds but as charles king wrote in midnight at the pera palace secular turks rallied. The president had also recited the opening verse of the koran in hagia sophia in 2018 a gesture that had been considered highly symbolic. Originally a cathedral hagia sophia was turned into a mosque after istanbul s conquest by the ottoman empire but had been a museum for the last 86 years drawing millions of tourists annually. Hagia sophia ˈ h ɑː ɡ i ə s oʊ ˈ f iː ə.

Tomb of sultan mehmet iii. Built under byzantine emperor justinian hagia sophia was the main seat of the eastern orthodox church for centuries where emperors were crowned amid ornate marble and. On 31 march 2018 erdoğan recited the first verse of the quran in the hagia sophia dedicating the prayer to the souls of all who left us this work as inheritance especially istanbul s conqueror strengthening the political movement to make the hagia sophia a mosque once again which would reverse atatürk s measure of turning the hagia sophia into a secular museum. Tomb of sultan mustafa i.

Holy wisdom officially the hagia sophia grand mosque turkish. The transformation of hagia sophia is the highlight for erdogan in his religious revolution which he started in turkey for over a decade says soner cagaptay director of the turkish research program at. Tombs of hagia sophia. As muslims thronged in and around the great cathedral reported middle east.

Tomb of sultan selim ii.