The Ottomans Are Back

[Hume]

If Turkey had a change of leadership and they went back to the more secular government as Ataturk envisioned, maybe then, we could see a process of changes.

A lot of Turks want that “secular” society.

Ataturk was a complicated dude.

He wanted that secular society. He also ordered 1.5 million Armenian Christians killed in the name of the “Turkification” of Turkey.

 

[Victoria33]

In one of the three Hagia Sophie threads I have seen, one had a question as to what will happen now? The Iconography and so on. Visitors? Well, in short, this article says the artwork will be preserved and all visitors are welcomed…

Will non-Muslims be able to visit the Hagia Sophia?
While the Hagia Sophia will no longer officially be classed as a museum, Turkish authorities have confirmed the building will be open for tourists of all faiths and none.

The Hagia Sophia is expected to function similarly to the neighbouring Blue Mosque, a functioning place of worship which is also one of Turkey’s top tourist sites.

Tourists can visit the mosque at any time, free of charge, with the exception of specific times of day carved out for communal prayers.

What will happen to Turkey's Hagia Sophia?

First a Byzantine church, then an Ottoman mosque and finally a museum, Turkey's Hagia Sophia will now be reconverted into a Muslim place of worship.

english.alaraby.co.uk

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