An exhibition about the church of Hagia Sophia (Saint Sophia) in Trebizond is open at the Koç University's ANAMED Gallery in İstiklal Caddesi in central Istanbul until September.
The church has had many roles over the 750 years in which it has stood.
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Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis has made a generous offer to the Turkish people. The President of the Federal National-cultural Autonomy of Greeks in Russia said he would fund the construction of a mosque in Trabzon and as an exchange...
The church of Hagia Sofia in Trabzon, north-eastern Turkey, which is a museum today, will be converted into a mosque according to the local Vakif Direction of Trabzon, which is the owner of the estate. The reconstruction works have...
Trabzon's Church of Saint Sophia, now the Saint Sophia Museum, is expected to become a mosque. Adnan Ertem, Chairman of the Board at Vakif Emeklilik, General Directorate of Foundations, stated: "There is no obstacle for Hagia Sophia in Trabzon...
