Turkey converts historic church/museum into a mosque
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The Turkish Council of State has approved the conversion of a historic Greek Orthodox Church into a mosque.
The Byzantine-era “Chora” Church was originally built in the early 4th century as a monastery complex outside the walls of Constantinople. It was later converted to a mosque after the Ottoman invasion of "Istanbul".
In 1945, the church was restored and preserved as the “Kariye Museum.” Despite its conversion into museum, a lawsuit was later filed claiming that the building was a mosque and thus belonged to the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation.
The recent decision by the Council of State backs this claim and clears the way for the building to be converted into a functioning mosque.
https://www.faithwire.com/2019/11/20...h-into-mosque/
