Op-ed: Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia could be in a fight against time

Turkish police officers wearing face masks, with the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia, now a museum, in the background, patrol at Sultanahmet Square following the coronavirus outbreak in Istanbul on June 5. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

Turkish police officers wearing face masks, with the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia, now a museum, in the background, patrol at Sultanahmet Square following the coronavirus outbreak in Istanbul on June 5. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

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