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Turkish court turns 1,400-yr Hagia Sophia museum into mosque

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Published : Jul 11, 2020, 11:05 PM IST

Turkey's top court has annulled a 1934 Cabinet decree that turned Istanbul's Hagia Sophia into a museum. Built under Byzantine Emperor Justinian, Hagia Sophia was the main seat of the Eastern Orthodox church for centuries, where emperors were crowned amid ornate marble and mosaic decorations.

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