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Most Turks favor making Hagia Sophia a mosque again

June 12, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: In a recent poll, 73% of Turkish citizens surveyed said that the Hagia Sophia should become a mosque once more. Originally built as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople, the building is now used a museum, as directed by Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern secular Turkey. But Islamic sentiment has been growing.

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