Trabzon Hagia Sophia

Today, the European Parliament plenary passed an amendment tabled by German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis that calls on the Yargitay Supreme Court in Turkey to revoke its decision to operate the historic church of Hagia Sophia in Trabzon as a mosque. Furthermore, the European Parliament...

“The first namaz (collective prayer) in Hagia Sophia after 52 years,” as written by the newspaper Radikal on June 28, as Hagia Sophia Museum in Trabzon opened again for pilgrimage. Trabzon Hagia Sophia had been converted into mosque after the...