Erdogan Signs Decree Allowing Hagia Sophia to Be Used as a Mosque Again

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in April.Credit: Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in April.

Credit: Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

The decree came after a Turkish court revoked the site’s 80-year-old status as a museum and is likely to provoke an international furor.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/world/europe/hagia-sophia-mosque-turkey.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

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