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Turkey’s Polarization Continues Unabated
July 27, 2020 The sermon delivered by Professor Ali Erbaş, the President of Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), at the opening of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque has rightly aroused indignation, anger among those who remain attached to Turkey’s founding principles … Continue reading
The Hagia Sophia: Balance Sheet of the Past Week
July 19, 2020 It has been a week since the Hagia Sophia was reconverted to a mosque through the annulment of the government decree of 1935 which had turned it into a museum. The change was presented as an auspicious … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataturk, Ayasofya mosque, EU, Hagia Sophia, Mehmed the Conqueror, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, UNESCO
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The Hagia Sophia
July 10, 2020 “Turkey is a bridge between East and West” is a widely used metaphor to define not only Turkey’s location between Asia and Europe but also its history, identity, culture with its blessings and contradictions. The city of … Continue reading
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Tagged Hagia Sophia, Hagia Sophia mosque, Hagia Sophia museum, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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