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First Official Prayer at Hagia Sophia After Mosque Reconversion

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Live outside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia as the first prayer takes place there after Turkey’s Council of State issued a resolution to turn the world heritage site... 24.07.2020, Sputnik International

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Five hundred people are permitted to stay in the mosque for the prayer, with thousands more estimated to join from outside the mosque.On July 10, Turkey's highest administrative court, the Council of State, annulled the 1934 decree issued by the cabinet of Turkey's secularist founder Kemal Ataturk converting Hagia Sophia into a museum. The move was not particularly well-received abroad. Austria, France, Greece, Cyprus, Russia and the United States were among the countries that expressed regrets over Ankara's decision, while Turkey views the matter as an internal affair.

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First Official Prayer at Hagia Sophia After Mosque Reconversion

07:48 GMT 24.07.2020 (Updated: 16:52 GMT 03.11.2022)

© REUTERS / Murad SezerA woman poses for a selfie in front of Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii, which the Turkish president declared to be open to Muslim worship after a court ruling, in Istanbul, Turkey, 11 July 2020.

A woman poses for a selfie in front of Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii, which the Turkish president declared to be open to Muslim worship after a court ruling, in Istanbul, Turkey, 11 July 2020. - Sputnik International

Live outside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia as the first prayer takes place there after Turkey’s Council of State issued a resolution to turn the world heritage site back into a mosque.

Five hundred people are permitted to stay in the mosque for the prayer, with thousands more estimated to join from outside the mosque.

On July 10, Turkey's highest administrative court, the Council of State, annulled the 1934 decree issued by the cabinet of Turkey's secularist founder Kemal Ataturk converting Hagia Sophia into a museum. The move was not particularly well-received abroad. Austria, France, Greece, Cyprus, Russia and the United States were among the countries that expressed regrets over Ankara's decision, while Turkey views the matter as an internal affair.