ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Friday prayers were held at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for the first time since President Tayyip Erdogan declared the building a mosque once again. It served as a Christian Byzantine ...
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Few buildings, including culturally significant places of worship, have a history as rich and complicated as the Hagia Sophia. First erected in the 6th century C.E., the structure has variously been ...