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Erdoğan restores mosque status of Hagia Sophia after court verdict

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan restored the mosque status of İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia with a presidential decree on Friday, following a top administrative court ruling. Turkey’s...

UNESCO calls for dialogue before decision on Hagia Sophia conversion: report

The UN's cultural agency UNESCO warned Turkey on Friday against converting the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia museum in İstanbul into a mosque, urging dialogue before...

Turkish verdict allowing Hagia Sophia conversion to mosque expected Friday: report

A Turkish court is likely to announce on Friday that the 1934 conversion of İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a museum was unlawful, two Turkish...

Turkey’s Erdoğan rejects criticism over status of Hagia Sophia: report

Criticism of Turkey over the possible conversion of İstanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque “is an attack on Turkey’s...

Turkish court to announce verdict on status of Hagia Sophia in 15 days: report

A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in İstanbul back into a mosque and will announce...

Pompeo urges Turkish gov’t to let Hagia Sophia remain a museum: report

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let İstanbul’s former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum, a day...

Erdoğan will allow court to decide fate of Hagia Sophia as mosque or museum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is waiting for a decision from the Council of State regarding the conversion of the historic...

Erdoğan requests study on converting Hagia Sophia to mosque: report

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked his aides to conduct a comprehensive study on how to convert İstanbul's famous Hagia Sophia landmark, currently...

Greece accuses Turkey of seeking to alter Hagia Sophia’s status as monument

The Greek Foreign Ministry has slammed Turkey over the recitation of verses of the Quran at Hagia Sophia on the anniversary of the fall...

Erdoğan says Hagia Sophia could be converted from museum into a mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has changed his stance on the historic Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, which currently serves as a museum, saying that...

Hagia Sophia to investigate after photo of dancer doing the splits surfaces on social media

İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum administration has announced it launched an investigation after a photo of a ballerina doing the splits inside the historic building...

Top court rejects application demanding opening of Hagia Sophia to Muslim prayer

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application which claimed that failing to open the country’s historic Hagia Sophia museum to Muslim prayer violates freedom...

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