After Hagia Sophia, Turkey’s Historic Chora Church Also Switched to Mosque

After Hagia Sophia, Turkey’s Historic Chora Church Also Switched to Mosque
Turkish police officers stand guard on the top of the Kariye (Chora) museum in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2007. Fatih Saribas/Reuters
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship.

The medieval Church of the Holy Savior in Chora, built near the ancient city walls of Constantinople, contains 14th century Byzantine mosaics and frescoes showing scenes from biblical stories.