Turkish Court Turns Historic Christian Hagia Sophia Site Into a Mosque to Promote 'Muslim Nationalism'

Turkish Court Turns Historic Christian Hagia Sophia Site Into a Mosque to Promote 'Muslim Nationalism' https://ift.tt/eA8V8J In its more than 1,400-year existence, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey served as the Byzantine Empire's main cathedral before being captured and turned into a mosque under the Ottoman Empire. Today it is a museum, but Turkish President Erdogan wants to turn it back into a mosque. And worldwide opposition to that plan is growing.