Hagia Sophia mosque idea irks Greece

Updated March 26 2019 - 7:58am, first published 7:54am
Turkey's president has suggested Istanbul's Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia be turned back into a mosque.
Turkey's president has suggested Istanbul's Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia be turned back into a mosque.

The Greek government has reacted angrily to a proposal by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Istanbul's Hagia Sophia - a Byzantine-era cathedral that now serves as a museum - could be reconverted into a mosque.

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