- 2020-07-25 10:07 AM
- أخبار اقتصادية
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the opening of the Aya Sophia Mosque 24 hours a day
Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlika said in a tweet on his Twitter account that President Erdogan has ordered the opening of the mosque around the clock to citizens from today
Some 350,000 people performed their first Friday prayers at the Aya Sophia Mosque, which was opened for worship 86 years after it was converted into a museum
Located in the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, the European section, used for 481 years as a collector, was used for 481 years as a mosque, then converted into a museum in 1934, and is considered one of the most important architectural monuments in the history of the Middle East