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  • 2020-07-21 (xsd:date)
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  • and then addressed the nation to declare it a mosque and announce that the first prayers there would be held on July 24.In his half-an-hour speech (en)
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  • On Sunday, July 19, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s 1,500 year-old place of worship, to inspect preparations for its transition from a UNESCO World Heritage museum into a mosque.Built in the 6th century as a Christian cathedral, Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque after the 15th century Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, and then declared a museum by the secular Turkish government of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1934.On July 17, on President Erdogan’s request, the Turkish high court ruled the decree that gave Hagia Sophia the status of a museum illegal" and annulled it.Two hours later (en)
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