Erdogan signs decree turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque

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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Attaturk transformed it into a museum as part of his modernizing and secular reforms.

[–]cisheteroscumWhite Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why'd they build the minarets?

[–]asterias 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In 1453, the Ottomans massacred the Orthodox Christians who had seeked refuge in the church and immediately hang their religious signs (green shields with islamic writings) on the wall. Afterwards, they turned the church into a mosque, which was generally their policy: Ottomans turned Christian churches into mosques, and now Turks claim that "their" mosques in the Balkans were turned into churches while the truth is that the liberated people took back their churches.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why? Well probably because it was a mosque for nearly 500 years before it became a Museum.