President Erdogan Visited Hagia Sophia After Its Reconversion To Mosque

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hagia Sofia on Sunday just days before the first Muslim prayers are due to be held at the there. The President paid a visit for inspection, Erdogan took stock of the conversion work, providing pictures showing scaffolding inside the building. It was unclear whether Erdogan planned to be among some 500 worshippers set to attend Friday prayers. Turkey’s  top court paved the way for the conversion in a decision to revoke the edifice’s museum status conferred nearly a century ago. The…