The association which brought the court case, the latest in a 16-year legal battle, said Hagia Sophia was the property of Sultan Mehmet II who captured the city in 1453 and turned the already 900-year-old Greek Orthodox cathedral into a mosque.
“The cabinet decision in 1934 that... defined it as a museum did not comply with laws,” it said, referring to an edict signed by Ataturk. By reversing one of Ataturk’s most symbolic steps, which underlined the former leader’s commitment to a secular republic, Erdogan has capped his own project to restore Islam in public life, said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
It's terkish legitimate right.. Do not worry it is in safe hand as a Mouseq ...
Turkey’s courts are as corrupt as it’s government. Let them move away from Europe and towards the chaos, dysfunction, lawlessness and corruption of the Middle East. Kemal Atatuerk would turn in his grave. Shame on Erdogan and even greater shame on those who support him.
Erdogan is using religion for politics gains, he was against the idea just 2 years ago , but changed his rule in the game !
burning and stealing churches, what else do you have?
📌 Who is burning down CHURCHES? The duck test: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. ISLAM test: If it took over Mecca kaaba, Hagia Sophia, Jewish temple mount, Hindu temple kashi Vishwanath, then it's probably ISLAM.
Terrible “Saint Sofia” was a Christian Carhedral before the Ottoman Empire took over and made it onto a Mosque. This is just another one of Erodan’s provocations. Ἁγία Σοφία’
At times like this, I'm glad I have nothing to do with Middle Eastern religions.
It is better to have it a place to worship God than a museum, regardless of whether it is a mosque or a church.
Who are we to say what Turkey does with a building on its own soil. Who actually really cares.
Hagia Sophia has been the greatest Christian Cathedral for nearly 1000 years! 😏
Disgraceful
Muslim 1 - 0 The considerate.
If the osmans don't give back the heritage of Christianity to the people, they shoudn't be suprised, when russian nuclear weapons will right away be flying to the garden in Constantinople.
Someone should tell Sid Meier to update Civilization VI. This wonder should produce more faith per turn.
DICTATORSHIP
What about the religious images inside ? Are they going to cover them AGAIN?
That news is older than a whole week guys 🤦🏻♂️
It's Turkish legitimate rights.. Do not worry it is in safe hand as a Mosque .
JustSimon13 Turkey will become the next Iran under Erdogan.
But it was never build as a mosque in the first place... And making it a museum was the best decision ever made so people from all around the world are able to visit and learn about Hagia Shopia historical time line. Don’t you think so?
When will Anatolia be decolonised? When will Constantinople be liberated? Is conquest and colonisation wrong only when it's done by Europeans? Sancta Sophia must be reconsecrated. Deus lo vult.
If I want my buildings back from you squatters and can't have them I may choose to destroyer them occupants and all.
الأتراك ليسوا بقرا للحلب
Desecration
It hasn’t even begun yet. They are still setting up. Then they will take over the world....just wait. This is a coordinated attack on the world.
Are u just playing catch up Lol
কট্টর মৌলবাদী রায়।এটি এরদোগানের পেটি কোর্ট😠😡
The tuppeny halfpenny dictator Erdogan the Islamist strikes again
Independent!
Are Reuters news agency running on Internet Explorer 😂🤣
Im a turkish citizen. Most of turkish people doesnt support the decision that is taken by Erdogan to galvanize his radical supporters.
respect turks as they respect all humanity
This is Disgusting
Without destroying the beautiful work inside?
Global Terrorist
Pretty good.. 👍 was the property of Muslims as it was never captured but was bought by Sultan Mehmet-II with his own money.
I am so happy to hear that.
jeannettebougra Ce pays est muselé par un inculte !
Very good step . Alhamdolillah
Constantinople’s Christian Monument Hagia Sofia (Αγία Σοφια) can never be a mosque because it wasn’t built to be one..., there are Greek Orthodox mosaics everywhere!!! !!! !!!
Well, I'll be crossing that off my bucket list of things to see because I know a mosque isn't going to let me in.
Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican. UNESCO site and church, not a museum. Hagia Sophia was built as a place of worship, never a museum. Seems like people have a problem with Islam and a problem with what Turks do on their own sovereign territory.
Desecration by evilness Erdogan Turkey
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Isn't this what they call kangaroo court?
It is so beautiful to see how important is our mosque for foreigners :).
Another reason not to visit Turkey
jeannettebougra Interventions de l'UNESCO, de la Grèce et de l'église orthodoxe russe...
We destroyed the Roman empire, we destroyed the Byzantine empire, the next opening masjid-aqsa.💪🇹🇷💪🇹🇷💪🇹🇷
Barbarians
Erdogan did it again. Another step back into the past. Unbelievable.
Agia Sophia is to Orthodox Christians what the Vatican is to Roman Catholics. And it’s Constantinople!!
That’s totally BS.....what’s the name? Hagia..
'returning' to being a mosque... if we're talking about returning this site to its origins, it would be Greek Orthodox.
You must take care in your own affairs. We know that Western governments claim peace and they kill the Palestinian people with the help of the Israeli occupation, and we will not forget the siege and killing of millions of Iraqis and the massacres of Bosnia and Afghanistan.
This precipitative measure engineered by Erdogan will surely complicate and damage Turkey's standing within both the E.U. and NATO.
Because Recep T. Erdoğan loser
Turkish court stuffed with Erdogan Brotherhhod cronies!
Allahu Akbar!
The Turkish regime is a terrorist system
Long live Turkey
Not a court, High Court 👩⚖️👨⚖️😉
It is better a Masjid 🤲🙌☝️ than a MuseumJigsaws 💥💀
Lets first get something right.. christians did the same in Spain, by first converting the “grand mosque of Cordoba” into a cathedral, and then secondly by never ever turned into a museum like we did. What ever we do with structures within our own realm is only our business. 😘
I can’t foresee anyone having a problem with this.
Shame!
Bye, bye tourism money!
Not a problem : and those who are against it's reopening are against our Lord so back off 💪
ISIS also had so-called courts!
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