BRUSSELS—Turkey and the European Union clashed on July 13 over Ankara’s decision to change the status of Hagia Sophia to a mosque from a museum and its continued energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters.
After their first face-to-face meeting in months, the 27 EU foreign ministers said that they “condemned the Turkish decision to convert such an emblematic monument as the Hagia Sophia,” EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said.
