Turkey's Erdogan signs decree converting Hagia Sophia into mosque

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President Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday opening Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as a mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 government decree that had turned it into a museum, a copy of the decision showed.

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ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday opening Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia as a mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 government decree that had turned it into a museum, a copy of the decision showed. Erdogan shared on his Twitter feed a copy of the decree he had signed which said the decision had been taken to hand control of the Ayasofya Mosque, as it is known in Turkish, to the country’s religious directorate and reopen it for worship.

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The only opportunity Erdogan has to do it is now that his pal is in White House. This is a big “Thank you “ to the EvilAngelicals that put Trump in the Office.

As a Turkish citizen, I’m very worried for my country. They are aiming to remove Ataturk and all his pieces like secularism from our history by using religion. But unluckily they don’t know the fact that the person who took Hagia Sophia back is actually Ataturk.

I can smell something burning

Will Turkey become the Trojan horse for NATO...

Our own realm, our own territory, our own structure. we have the authority to design those structures AS WE PLEASE

Elhamdulillah

Greetings to everyone who is bursting with rage WeLoveErdogan 🇹🇷

SydWeedon does Prexy know what this means?; will somebody please explain it to him

we are not going get petmision, what to do in our country. This place is a mosque, snd will stat a mosque.

There is so many mosques in Istanbul, what is wrong with this guy?

Fuck Turkey,all my homies hate Turkey.

Erdogan is the most dangerous 'leader' in the world today slaughtering muslims,christians and anyone else who gets in his way..he has muslim terrorists in syria,lybia,lebanon,and all over europe committing bombings ,killings and genocide of the kurds and yazidis

Erdogan has been Turkish PM forever- he has run out of ideas and doing idiotic stunts - time for change

Perhaps it’s time to make Turkey Byzantine again and restore what was stolen centuries ago?

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His dreams is to become a SULTAN

I hope he got her permission first

Fall of Constantinople Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

Freedom of religion be damned. Even after he was warned.

What will it be when some European countries convert mosques into church'there a shortage in mosques in Stanmpol?

Fuck this, wrong decision and turkey is in 15th century.

And where do you stand?

Hahaha...Erdogan and his crass attempts at creating legacy. What a shallow man! What a mindless use of global heritage for propaganda purposes...whither decency, whither values ..

Erdogan family will soon be handcuffed from behind.

Although I don't like the move, it is their country, not mine and they have this guy in power so it isn't my business. ErdoganKillsKurds Erdoganisawarcriminal

Kick out Turkey from EU AND NATO

Turkey proudly steps into the 15th century

Great work....

I'm not worried about not visiting Turkey I hope tourists know what to do There are many more tolerant countries to visit

It had converted by Ottoman a mosque in 1453!!!

Good 💖

What we Kurds knew about Erdogan years ago now the world starting to see 😂😂 I mean the guy threatens nation after nations on daily bases , threaten EU that there will be blood on the streets !!” Yet no one believed us , so good luck 😉 and well done to him for showing his power

Instead of atoning for it’s sordid history and crimes against humanity, Islamofascist Turkey doubles down... Smdh.

European leaders must stop their humiliation and stop beeing victims leading to destruction of europe and European people. They should understand that integrity honor and safety can not by replaced by money and individual interests. They must defend EU values and civilisation

Christians from Russia, Germany etc. should just stay away from Turkey and spend their holidays elsewhere. Why go to a country and leave your money there, if they hate you because you are Christian and believe in the Holy Trinity!?

Erdogan and uncivilized Turkey today have humiliated all Christians in the world and Europe by vandalizing and transform Agia Sophia to mosque And from the other side Merkel, Di Maio and Borrell are insisting to initiate talks with Turkey pronounce them potential EU member

is religion the next great war?

Good!!

Time for turkey to reconcile with all the Islamic Nations like Arabia, Iran(if possible), Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the whole middle east...

That is what moslims ate like, cry if someone says something about them, agressive to anyone who is not a moslim, trying to change history if it is not in their advantage.

Fucker...but no surprise

If he can also change the history of Hagia Sophia.

Alhamdolliah

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