Turkish Court Paves Way to Turn Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque

Hagia Sophia, the famous church/mosque embodies Turkey's double history in both the Christian and the Muslim world. Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times

Update: President Erdogan has formally changed the status of Hagia Sophia to a mosque.

ANKARA—A Turkish court annulled on Friday a 1934 government decree turning Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for the building’s conversion back into a mosque despite international warnings against such a move.