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Erdogan inspects Hagia Sophia ahead of Islamic prayer on July 24
The Hagia Sophia will open as Muslim Mosque for the first time since 1934
July 19, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the Hagia Sophia...
Transformer Sainte-Sophie en mosquée: Une nouvelle crise en Méditerranée orientale
Par Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
12/07/2020
La décision du régime turc de faire de Sainte-Sophie, l'un des plus importants monuments de la chrétienté, une mosquée ne peut être...
Turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque: A new crisis in Eastern...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
The decision of the Turkish regime to make Hagia Sophia, one of the most important monuments of Christendom, a mosque can only...
What Will Happen Now to Hagia Sophia’s Byzantine Mosaics?
By Tasos Kokkinidis
Jul 10, 2020
Following Turkey’s decision to annul the 1934 conversion of Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for its...
World reacts to Turkey’s decision to re-convert Hagia Sophia into mosque
Jul 11 2020
The world has been reacting to the Turkish government’s decision to re-convert the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque.
“To convert it back...
Why the U.S. will do nothing to protect the Hagia Sophia
By Edward G. Stafford
Jul 08 2020
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, is currently considering whether to reconvert the Hagia Sophia museum into...
Hagia Sophia becomes mosque again after Erdogan signs decree
Turkey's president has signed a decree to formally turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque - a move which threatens to upset Christians around...
Official UNESCO Statement on Reconversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque
By Patricia Claus
Jul 10, 2020
UNESCO, the United Nations body tasked with the identification and preservation of sites with the greatest significance to the world’s...
Accumulating explosive materials, facilitating a war between Greece and Turkey
Erdogan and the Hagia Sophia: Will He – Or Won’t He?
Facing ever shakier voter support, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may finally be ready...
China Hawks Exploiting America’s Fear of Coronavirus
by Dave DeCamp Posted on
April 14, 2020
Coronavirus has hit the US harder than most countries around the world. A new think-tank made up of...