It was converted into a mosque around the 16th century and, after - TopicsExpress



          

It was converted into a mosque around the 16th century and, after other incarnations, became a museum in 1964. But the Islamists won the last round in 2012 when a local court accepted the claim by the General Directorate of the Pious Foundations, the government body responsible for Turkey’s historic mosques, that the Haghia Sophia belonged to the foundation of Mehmet II and was being “illegally occupied” by the culture ministry. archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot/2013/07/erasing-greek-christian-past-in-turkey.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+%28The+Archaeology+News+Network%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail#.UfnBM6ziSVg
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 02:02:11 +0000

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