Coinciding with the Friday prayer in the neighbouring Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia lived its last Friday yesterday before being reopened on July 24 as a mosque (a function it held from 1453 to 1931), after a recent ruling by the State Council determined that its transformation into a museum in 1934 was illegal. Next Friday we will know what changes will be made in Hagia Sophia, including how Christian religious images will be hidden during the Muslim prayer.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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