Tagged: Sofia Hagia

1st August 2020

Interview of Christiane Waked on the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Recently Turkey converted Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. With this action, Turkey has added another chapter to the history of Hagia Sophia which was at different points of time a church, a mosque,...

Middle East Monitor / Opinion

19th July 2020

Erdogan’s populist gamble

The reconversion of the iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque has undermined the secular credentials of Turkey On 10 July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an official decree which declared the iconic...

Middle East Monitor

17th July 2020

Hagia Sophia Reconversion: A Mixed Bag of Compliments and Complications for Turkey

In a revolutionary move, the Council of States, Turkey’s top court, pronounced that Hagia Sophia will be reconverted into a Mosque from a Museum. Hagia Sophia has a glaring history. Built as a patriarchal...