Hold on for a minute. There is a civilized and respectful way.

The Roman city Constantinople, now Istanbul (which means "The City" in Greek) was captured by Ottoman Sultan by killing estimated some 10,000, to 100,000 Greeks as its defenders. So, Hagia Sophia does not really belong to anybody but Greeks. After all,
spiritually, Hagia Sophia belongs to Greeks/Romans.

So, performing Islamic prayers in Hagia Sophia by the orders of Neo-Ottoman devshirme fascist dictator Islamist Tayyip is a very arrogant, disrespectful insult to Greeks.

The best civilized and respectful way, in my opiniin, to performing Islamic prayers in Hagia Sophia is to make an agreement with Greece to share Hagia Sophia with them; like equal number times a year allowing Greeks perform their Christian Orthodox (or
any other religion they like) prayers during religious days.


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Islamic prayers to be held at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Erdoğan says

May 28 2020

Islamic prayers will be held at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum on Friday in honour of Conquest of Istanbul Day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday.

At the Hagia Sophia on Friday, the Conquest Sura, a section of the Koran, will be recited and prayers will be held as part of a celebration organised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Erdoğan said in a statement carried by state-run Anadolu news
agency.

The Hagia Sophia, originally built as a cathedral of the Eastern Roman Empire in 537, was turned into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul on May 29,1453 and then a museum in 1935.

Over the years, Erdoğan has repeatedly suggested turning the UNESCO World Heritage Site into a mosque again to fulfil a long-standing demand by Turkey’s Islamists, much to Greece’s ire.

“We miss it! But a little more patience. We'll make it together...”, Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun tweeted, along with a photo of the Hagia Sophia.


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“There's a reason they don't just make it a mosque (they absolutely could if they wanted). It's the perfect political football,” Can Okar tweeted, referring to Erdoğan’s government.

The Turkish president’s Thursday announcement came as tensions between Athens and Ankara have flared up in recent months.

Greece boosted its border security in late February when Turkey began to allow thousands of refugees to travel freely toward Europe. Mock dogfights between Greek and Turkish fighter jets have been frequently reported over the Aegean Sea, and Turkey has
sent drill ships to areas of the Eastern Mediterranean claimed by Greece and Cyprus.

Okar suggested Erdoğan’s move was more domestically driven.

“There's not much left to rally the base anymore so building an Islamic narrative around the Hagia Sofia is electoral catnip,” he said.


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The important news was Turkey opening up. The big news will be the President saying the El Fatiha will be called out at the Hagia Sofia tomorrow.

There's a reason they don't just make it a mosque (they absolutely could if they wanted). It's the perfect political football.


Can Okar
@canokar
There's not much left to rally the base anymore so building an Islamic narrative around the Hagia Sofia is electoral catnip.

Expect incredible aerial shots and overly-wrought emotional footage tomorrow. If I didn't know better, I'd say they were gearing up for an election.

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“This is an act of desperation and will lead to no good,” said Elmira Bayrasli, Director of the Globalisation and International Affairs programme at Bard College.


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This is an act of desperation and will lead to no good. https://twitter.com/sebnemarsu/status/1266052429092659208 …

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President Erdogan says prayers will be held at Hagia Sophia to mark the anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest. Former Byzantine church, built AD537, then been converted to a mosque in 1453, has been a leading museum since 1935. Far-right circles demand
the site to serve as a mosque.

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Meanwhile, mosques in Turkey that follow the criteria and guidelines for coronavirus prevention will be reopening from Friday, Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate announced on Thursday.

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Şehirlerarası seyahat sınırlaması 1 Haziran'dan itibaren tamamıyla kaldırılmıştır
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, "Şehirlerarası seyahat sınırlaması 1 Haziran'dan itibaren tamamıyla kaldırılmıştır." dedi. - Anadolu Ajansı

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