Reportage : Sainte Sophie, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, ¢glise converti en mosquée à Istanbul. Hagia Sophia, Sainte Sophie, Ayasofya, Church converted into Mosque in Istanbul.

Sainte Sophie, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, ¢glise converti en mosquée à Istanbul. Hagia Sophia, Sainte Sophie, Ayasofya, Church converted into Mosque in Istanbul.
24 août 2020
Sainte Sophie, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, ¢glise converti en mosquée à Istanbul. Hagia Sophia, Sainte Sophie, Ayasofya, Church converted into Mosque in Istanbul.

© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, poses for photos inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, days after he formally declared the landmark monument be turned from a museum into a mosque. Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshipers Friday, for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years.The conversion of the edifice, once the most important church of Christendom and the "jewel" of the Byzantine Empire, has led to an international outcry. Istanbul, Turkey, 19/07/2020. (©Turkish Presidency via Alfred Yaghobzadeh, Pool)

Lieu : ISTANBUL, TURKEY

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