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After Hagia Sophia, Erdogan orders another ancient church conversion into a mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be turned back into a place of…
World Council of Churches “dismayed” at Hagia Sophia shift
The head of the World Council of Churches has written to Turkey’s president expressing his “grief and dismay” over Turkey’s decision to…
Hagia Sophia declared a mosque after Turkish court ruling
President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks, after…
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to become a mosque
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul will be controversially turned into a mosque. The Hagia…