UNESCO puts brakes on Erdogan - Hagia Sophia can't be mosque
The Greek website ekathimerini.com is reporting this, citing unnamed sources with the UN organization.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday again suggested turning Hagia Sophia, originally a Byzantine Christian cathedral, into a mosque - after making a proposal on Sunday, which "triggering a reaction from Athens."
Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century and was the main seat of the Greek Orthodox Church before it was turned into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453.
The site became a museum after the formation of modern secular Turkey in 1923, the report said.
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