Erdogan Turkey Mosque
Erdogan signs decree allowing hagia sophia to be used as a mosque again the decree came after a turkish court revoked the site s 80 year old status as a museum and is likely to provoke an.
Erdogan turkey mosque. Church leaders in greece and the united states announced a day of mourning over the transformation. President recep tayyip erdogan inaugurated turkey s largest and newest mosque on friday. Last week turkish president recep tayyip erdogan did nothing less than stun much of turkey and the non muslim world by announcing he was converting istanbul s historic hagia sophia museum into a mosque for muslim worship. Istanbul president recep tayyip erdogan sealed his long stated desire to restore the historic hagia sophia as a working mosque on friday opening the magnificent byzantine structure built in the.
Ibrahim karagül the editor in chief of the pro erdogan newspaper yeni safak described friday as a challenge against the ottoman empire s collapse. By saphora smith kristina jovanovski and aziz akyavas turkish president recep tayyip erdogan re converted istanbul s hagia sophia into a mosque friday hours after a court ruled that a 1930s. Construction on the camlica mosque complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63 000 worshippers. Ankara turkey the president of turkey on friday formally converted istanbul s sixth century hagia sophia back into a mosque and declared it open for muslim worship hours after a high court.
Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan paid a surprise visit to hagia sophia just days before the first muslim prayers will be held at the istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque.