Badi Lettenflipped into Information for the CuriousOrthodox Christianity Russian Orthodox Church says 'unacceptable' to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque: Ifax Reuters - Reuters EditorialMOSCOW (Reuters) - Converting Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be “unacceptable”, a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday. Turkish President Tayyip
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NBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesNews Museum or mosque? The battle over the fate of Turkey's historic Hagia Sophia NBC News - Kristina JovanovskiIstanbul’s Hagia Sophia site has stood as empires rose and fell around it, as rulers and statesmen came and went, as creeds flourished and withered. Now the more than 1,500-year-old former cathedral and
U.S. News & World ReportGraduate School Turkey Orders Detention of Three People Over Firework Factory Blasts, Agency Reports U.S. News & World Report - Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor ordered the detention of three employees in connection with explosions this week at a fireworks factory in …
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The Daily Beastflipped into Latest StoriesOrthodox Christianity Will Erdogan Turn Hagia Sophia Back Into a Mosque? The Daily Beast - Thomas Seibert ISTANBUL—As Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks for an issue to fire up his Islamic and nationalist voter base amid declining poll numbers, …
