The Hagia Sophia Was a Cathedral, a Mosque and a Museum. It’s Converting Again.

On Friday, after 86 years as a museum, the great Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will once again echo with Muslim prayers. To Turkish Islamists, the conversion marks the fulfillment of a long-held dream of restoring a symbol of Ottoman grandeur.

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