Erdogan joins thousands to pray at Hagia Sophia
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Prayers offered at reconverted mosque after nearly 90 years
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Prayers offered at reconverted mosque after nearly 90 years
Full ArticleISTANBUL — Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands of worshippers at Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first prayers..
Despite coronavirus fears, thousands flood ancient Byzantine site to take part in religious ceremony
Turkey's Erdogan declared the sixth-century monument – originally a Christian Byzantine cathedral – a mosque, in a decision..