Can Turkey reconvert the Chora Church and Hagia Sophia into a mosque? - Hercules Millas
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A Turkish higher court this week ruled that the Chora Church in Istanbul, a 4th century Byzantine church which was converted into a mosque like many other churches when Ottoman...
show moreThe move can also clear the way for converting the giant 6th century former cathedral, Hagia Sophia, into a mosque.
Hercules Millas, a political scientist working on Turkish-Greek relations discusses the importance of those churches and the political symbolism behind the struggle of some Turks to reconvert those heritage sites into a mosque.
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