Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces that the first prayers to be held in Hagia Sophia on July 24 while addressing the nation on Friday. He said that the Hagia
Istanbul, 10th July: The iconic cultural site has reopened for Muslim worship, declared President Erdogan after a court ruling. Hagia Sophia was built as a cathedral by the Byzantine Empire
In Turkey today, the Council of State has to decide whether Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque or not. Built in the sixth century during the
