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Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque

by TurkeyAnkara
| July 10, 2020 6:30 AM

Turkey’s highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a museum - back into a Muslim house of worship.

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