https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istan ... key-156527Hagia Sophia has always been a mosque in my conscious, Istanbul’s mayor has said, who has been criticized for having remained silent after the conversion of the historical structure to a mosque, adding that he supports the move as long as the country benefits from it.
“I have always said in my remarks that Hagia Sophia is a mosque. To me, it has remained a mosque since 1453 [when Istanbul was conquered by the Ottomans]. Some TV channels, who labelled themselves as conservative, have made claims such as the prayer had been called for the first time in Hagia Sophia or that the first prayer will be performed there on July 24. However, prayers have been made five times a day in Hagia Sophia over the past 30 years,” Ekrem İmamoğlu told daily Hürriyet.
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