Turkey Turns Hagia Sophia Into Mosque
Turkey s president recep tayip erdogan has ordered the hagia sophia originally constructed as a cathedral to be turned into a mosque in a decision that has created a rift between christians and islamists numerous sources reported.
Turkey turns hagia sophia into mosque. In 1934 mustafa kemal ataturk the founding father of the republic of turkey turned hagia sophia into a museum which later became a unesco world heritage site. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan announced on july 10 that the venerable building known as the hagia sophia shown would be converted into a mosque. After the ottoman conquest of constantinople in 1453 the basilica was converted into a mosque and the city renamed istanbul. Warning from patriarch bartholomew.
Built 1 500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral hagia sophia was converted into a mosque after the ottoman conquest in 1453. Turkey s erdogan orders the conversion of hagia sophia back into a mosque kvia turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has ordered the conversion of the city s historic hagia sophia back into a.