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Added on the 13/05/2023 20:05:45 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at the first mosque on Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square for its inauguration. IMAGES
Istanbul (Turkey), May 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Erdem Sahin) Dozens of Muslims attended on Friday Hagia Sophia Mosque to participate in Friday prayers during Ramadan.FOOTAGE OF THE PRAYERS.
Istanbul (Turkey), Jul 24 (EFE), (Camera: Lara Villalón/Ilya U. Topper).- Tens of thousands of people took part on Friday in the first Muslim prayer in the ancient Basilica of Hagia Sophia, which was turned into a mosque again by the Turkish Islamist government.FOOTAGE OF HAGIA SOPHIA AND THE FIRST PRAYER.
People celebrate outside Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that it would be reopened for Muslim worship, sparking fury in the Christian community and neighbouring Greece. IMAGES
Istanbul (Turkey),Jul 10 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Erdem Sahin) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday signed a decree to revert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque. Turkey's top administrative court earlier annulled a 1934 presidential decree that turned the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a secular museum to pave the way for the iconic building to become a mosque.FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HAGIA SOPHIA CELEBRATING.