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 annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark...
Full Article'Dismay' as Hagia Sophia changed from Unesco museum to mosque
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