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Turkey turns Istanbul's Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia into mosque

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Istanbul (Turkey),Jul 10 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Erdem Sahin) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday signed a decree to revert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque. Turkey's top administrative court earlier annulled a 1934 presidential decree that turned the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a secular museum to pave the way for the iconic building to become a mosque.FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HAGIA SOPHIA CELEBRATING.

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