Putin Erdogan Hagia Sophia
14th july 2020 5 17 pm ist.
Putin erdogan hagia sophia. Erdogan visited hagia sophia twice to oversee preparations posing for photos the second time on thursday evening with his wife emine in front of white drapery that has been suspended in. Then erdogan who had made the issue a campaign pledge immediately issued a new decree restoring its previous status as a mosque. Russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart recep tayyip erdogan discussed in a phone conversation developments in syria and libya as well as the fate of istanbul s iconic hagia sophia the kremlin said. Built 1 500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral the structure was converted into a mosque after the ottoman conquest of istanbul in 1453.
Putin and erdogan emphasized the importance of stepping up efforts to promote a syrian settlement including in the astana format based on agreements reached at the russian turkish iranian online summit held on july 1 it said in a statement on monday xinhua news agency. Vladimir putin and r. Putin drew the attention of erdogan to the significant public outcry in russia over the decision to change the status of the hagia sophia which served as a museum since 1935 to a mosque. On july 10 president erdoğan signed a decree re designating hagia sophia as a functioning mosque reversing the 1934 decision by the turkish council of ministers led by secular turkey s founder mustafa kemal ataturk that turned the 6th century structure into a museum.
Hagia sophia operated as a museum until a top court revoked the decree earlier this month. On friday erdoğan ordered the conversion of the city s 6th century hagia sophia back into a mosque after a court annulled a 1934 presidential decree that made it a museum. Putin erdogan discuss hagia sophia over the telephone. Putin erdogan discuss hagia sophia over telephone moscow july 14 ians russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart recep tayyip erdogan discussed in a phone conversation.
Putin drew the attention of erdogan to the significant public outcry in russia over the decision to change the status of the hagia sophia which served as a museum since 1935 to a mosque.