People waves a Turkish national flag and a flag with the Turkey Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire Tughra, as they celebrate outside the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul, Turkey. On July 10 Turkey's highest administrative court, the Council of State, was reported to have annulled the 1934 decree converting Hagia Sophia into a museum, meaning it can now be used as a mosque. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already signed the necessary decree.
- Package: Turkey Hagia Sophia Reconvertion
- Categories: Politics, Religion & Belief
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Event date: 10.07.2020
- Date published: 10.07.2020
- Author: Burcu Okutan
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5568x3712px, 4.2Mb
- Job-ID: 666cf8ba2c1e6e0d