Tag: "Constantinople"

Museum or Mosque?

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of history. Mehmet the Conqueror converted the cathedral of Hagia Sophia to a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was a symbolic move. The conversion involved minimal physical transformation and even the name remained the same: Ayasofya Camii. Since its construction in... Continue Reading →

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Ελένη Γλύκατζη – Αρβελέρ: Είναι η δεύτερη άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης. (Gr & Eng)

The Christian hagiographies will be "covered" as they said. And what are the European & American officials doing? Turning a blind eye as they did back in 1453 when their help was asked. A UNESCO monument and a symbol for the christian world, turned into a mosque... "Το διάταγμα Ερντογάν για τη μετατροπή της Αγιά-Σοφιάς... Continue Reading →

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