Hagia Sophia Museum: Court to rule if Istanbul landmark should be a mosque again
Regular religious services have not been held there since 1934 when modern Turkey's founding president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk signed an order converting the building into a museum.
But a legal challenge claims the signature was forged.
Protests in Thessaloniki, Greece included the burning of Turkish flags as the famous Hagia Sophia in Istanbul returns to Islamic prayer services on Friday (July 24).
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades, sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in..
With thousands of Instagram followers and even a former U.S. president as a fan, Gli the cat is almost as famous as her home, Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia.