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#Hagia Sophia

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Berk Esen
Berk Esen

“The AKP's grassroots are shrinking in size and Erdogan is becoming more vulnerable to demands from its own core voters. Religious orders and religious communities are increasingly more effective in shaping the AKP’s agenda because the AKP addresses now a smaller voting base. The move [of reverting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque]itself is a confirmation that the government is desperate.”

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Assistant professor of international relations at Ankara's Bilkent University
27 Jul 2020 4 4
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“We see that the targets of those countries who have made so much noise in recent days are not Hagia Sophia or the eastern Mediterranean. [Their targets] are the presence itself of the Turkish nation and Muslims in this region.”

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Turkish President
25 Jul 2020 2 3
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Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov

“[Our] Turkish associates explained that everything will be maintained in the best possible way, and that everyone will be able to visit Hagia Sophia. In addition, I must say, there were quite expensive tickets for Hagia Sophia. And now there will be no tickets, admission will be free. In this respect, this will benefit our tourists.”

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Kremlin spokesman
17 Jul 2020 3 3
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis

“Greece strongly condemns Turkey’s decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. This decision – and in fact 85 years since its designation as a museum – offends its universal character. This constitutes a choice that also offends all those who acknowledge the monument as universal cultural heritage. And, of course, it impact not only Turkey’s relations with Greece, but also its relations with the European Union, Unesco and the global community as a whole. It is unfortunate that the Turkish leadership, which participated in the Alliance of Civilizations in 2005, is now choosing to move in the opposite direction.”

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Greek Prime Minister
10 Jul 2020 5 3
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Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell

“The ruling by the Turkish Council of State to overturn one of modern Turkey's landmark decisions and President Erdogan's decision to place the monument under the management of the Religious Affairs Presidency is regrettable.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
10 Jul 2020 3 1
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Ibrahim Kalin
Ibrahim Kalin

“All our big mosques, such as the Blue Mosque, the Fatih and Suleymaniye mosques, are all open to visitors and prayers. Thus, the opening of the Hagia Sophia to prayer will not affect visitors or tourists. The two of them will not get in each other’s way. The non-Muslim community has been part of Turkey for centuries and minorities in Turkey face no pressure.”

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Turkish Presidential Spokesman
10 Jul 2020 4 3
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Tuğba Tanyeri Erdemir
Tuğba Tanyeri Erdemir

“Reversing Atatürk's transformation of the site into a museum is a symbolic challenge to the secular ethos of republican cultural heritage policies, which signified a commitment to building cordial relations with the Western world”

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Research associate at the University of Pittsburgh
10 Jul 2020 4 2
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