People pose for a picture 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, Jul 11, 2020. ISTANBUL: Turkey will inform the United Nation's cultural body UNESCO about steps being taken regarding Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday , after Ankara converted the museum back into a mosque.
On Friday, a Turkish court ruled that the sixth-century building's conversion to a museum was unlawful and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that it is now a mosque. Cavusoglu was speaking in an interview with state broadcaster TRT Haber.
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