Erdogan orders conversion of Hagia Sophia back into mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan on Friday ordered the conversion of the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul back into a mosque, CNN reports.

The move came shortly after Turkey's top administrative court annulled a 1934 presidential decree that made the mosque into a museum.

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