“Ankara to host interfaith dialogue expo as Hagia Sophia controversy heats up”

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People visit Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on July 26, 2020, during the first Muslim prayers since the controversial reconversion of the iconic Istanbul cathedral into a mosque  Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images.

People visit Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on July 26, 2020, during the first Muslim prayers since the controversial reconversion of the iconic Istanbul cathedral into a mosque  Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images.

By: Matt A. Hanson

The Turkish capital’s only contemporary museum is slated to host an exhibition that highlights interfaith dialogue amid controversy over Hagia Sophia's conversion.

Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-exhibition-on-dialogue-osman-kavala-hagia-sophia.html#ixzz6Um7tma9y

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