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Erdogan Floats Turning Former Cathedral HAGIA SOPHIA Into Mosque
Breitbart ^ | March 25, 2019 | John Hayward

Posted on 03/26/2019 1:47:34 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed converting the fabled Hagia Sophia into a mosque on Sunday. The Greek government responded with anger on Monday, pointing out that the Hagia Sophia was the seat of Greek Orthodox Christianity for centuries and has been designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations.

Erdogan said during a television interview on Sunday that the Hagia Sophia might be “reverted” into a mosque, referring to the structure’s status as a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 A.D. The Hagia Sophia was constructed as a relatively modest Greek Orthodox church in 360, was destroyed and rebuilt several times, and became the architectural marvel we know today in 537.


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To: colorado tanker

Maybe you’re right. Turkey. What a mess.


21 posted on 03/26/2019 2:52:09 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: elcid1970

Never trust a Muslim!.... Tah KEE AH !!


22 posted on 03/26/2019 2:54:51 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Wayne07

What exactly were the terms of the treaty? Can the UN designate any building in the world as a “World Heritage Site” and then the country which it is in can do nothing about it?
Conceivably the USA could never get rid of the UN if it were designated as a “World Heritage Site.”

Don’t get me wrong - I do not see this as a good thing culturally...it’s just that legally Erdogan may have the power to do this.


23 posted on 03/26/2019 3:13:25 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

We must retake Constantinople.


24 posted on 03/26/2019 3:39:21 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I only speak for myself, but I wouldn’t send anyone to die over Hagia Sophia today


25 posted on 03/26/2019 4:18:22 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"Erdogan Floats Turning Former Cathedral HAGIA SOPHIA Into Mosque"

Because nothing screams inter-religious harmony like turning one of Christianitie's most profoundly beautiful, spiritual and historic structures into a monument to Islamic hegemony. Proof positive that Islam is a religion of pieces.

26 posted on 03/26/2019 5:51:14 PM PDT by Desron13 (You may choose to ignore reality but you can't force reality to ignore you.)
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To: Ad Orientam; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; blinachka; bob808; Brad's Gramma; ...
Orthodox Ping!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

27 posted on 03/26/2019 6:33:02 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: Desron13; Boogieman

28 posted on 03/26/2019 6:37:11 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If it hasn’t happened yet, I don’t believe it will happen.


29 posted on 03/26/2019 6:59:15 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Kalamata; lightman

Not really!

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-faces-aging-population-as-fertility-rate-declines-—99203


30 posted on 03/27/2019 9:23:12 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Greek government responded with anger on Monday, pointing out that the Hagia Sophia was the seat of Greek Orthodox Christianity for centuries and has been designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations.

31 posted on 03/27/2019 9:52:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie)
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The Three Amigos

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

Column One: Portents of quagmires in Syria

32 posted on 03/27/2019 9:55:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie)
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To: Honorary Serb

Yes, really. I clicked on your link, and of course, do not believe their “report”.

The Imams in France have already admitted what the vigilant patriot already knows: They don’t have to actually commit any violence because it is just a matter of time before they will take over by sheer numbers. So they sit back and smile, knowing it will happen, in time.


33 posted on 03/27/2019 10:50:11 AM PDT by Kalamata (Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXF4ySJ7Xyc&list=PLrCQerz2L0If_VT4tw73RjhG5tBjdZfZy&index)
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To: lightman

Great Gif Bump!


34 posted on 03/27/2019 6:00:04 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: lightman; All
This is from a reliable source, Xpat Turk journalist. Abdullah Bozkurt‏ @abdbozkurt 5h5 hours ago https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/1111177573013352448 Time has come to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it was wrong to turn it into a museum in the first place, this has long been an expectation from Islamic world and Turkish nation, we won't withdraw from this decision, #Erdogan's televised remarks from yesterday night on TV. Video at link.
35 posted on 03/28/2019 6:11:10 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: lightman; All

This is from a reliable source, Xpat Turk journalist.

Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 5h5 hours ago

https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/1111177573013352448

Time has come to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it was wrong to turn it into a museum in the first place, this has long been an expectation from Islamic world and Turkish nation, we won’t withdraw from this decision, #Erdogan’s televised remarks from yesterday night on TV.

Video at link.


36 posted on 03/28/2019 6:12:21 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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