Erdogan schedules Islamic prayer at Hagia Sophia
June 01, 2020
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CWN Editor's Note: Turkey’s President Recip Erdogan has announced that an Islamic prayer service will be held at the Hagia Sophia this Friday to mark the 567th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople. Built by Christians as patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque after the Islamic victory. It is now a museum, guarded as a UNESCO heritage site, but Muslims have sought to establish the building as a mosque once again.
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