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HİKMET ADAL REPORTS: Updating: First Friday prayer at Hagia Sophia

Bianet :: English
People have gathered around Hagia Sophia after its conversion into a mosque, a decision that caused worldwide

Hagia Sophia ready for first Muslim prayer after years

Hagia Sophia is ready to reopen today for Islamic worship for the first time in 86 years with an inaugural Friday prayer.
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Turkey’s Erdogan visits Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque

Al Jazeera English (In Depth)
Some 500 worshippers are set to attend Muslim prayers at UNESCO World Heritage site on Friday.
Erdoğan and his wife visited Hagia Sophia yesterday. These propaganda images are from the presidential office.
Turkey’s Islamist Dream Finally Becomes a Reality

NYT > Turkey by By Selim Koru
The Hagia Sophia has been designated as a mosque again, its status as a museum viewed for decades as a seal on the country’s spirit.
The American who restored Hagia Sophia’s mosaics

Duvar English An American academic named Thomas Whittemore is the man behind the mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia
Turkey: Muslim prayers in Hagia Sophia for first time in 86 years

Al Jazeera English (In Depth)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join hundreds of worshippers after iconic landmark’s reconversion into mosque.

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