Erdogan opens former church to Muslim worshippers

Visitors take picture inside the ancient Orthodox church now converted as the Kariye Mosque in Istanbul, on May 6, 2024. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 6, 2024, opened for worship a mosque converted from an ancient Orthodox church in Istanbul, four years after he ordered its transformation. PHOTO | AFP

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  • The Kariye Mosque was formerly a Byzantine church, then a mosque and then a museum.

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