Watch | Turkey turns iconic museum Hagia Sophia into mosque

A video on Hagia Sophia, an iconic monument in Turkey, which was recently turned into a mosque

July 12, 2020 12:14 pm | Updated 12:32 pm IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally converted Istanbul's Hagia Sophia back into a mosque on July 10. Hagia Sophia, an architectural marvel and a UNESCO heritage site, is now declared open for Muslim worship.

Also read |Hagia Sophia: The museum of conflicts

Turning the monument back into a mosque has been a growing demand from the Islamist sections of Turkish society. But the decision has sparked dismay in the international community as it was considered an emblem of Christian-Muslim co-existence.

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