Athens protest as Turkey’s Hagia Sophia becomes a mosque

Protests occurred across Greece on Friday following Turkey’s choice to reconvert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a Muslim spot of love. 

Hundreds implored and sang to the sound of the bouzouki in Athens’ Kolokotroni square, holding pennants perusing “No to new Ottomanism” and upbraiding “the second catch of Constantinople by the Turks”. 

Another assembly with somewhere in the range of 150 individuals was organized in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-biggest city. 

The antiquated structure and UNESCO World Heritage site of Hagia Sophia experienced a few changes consistently. 

Introduced in 537 as a Christian house of prayer, it turned into a Mosque in 1453 after the Ottomans’ success of Constantinople (Istanbul) and the ensuing fall of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine realm. 

It at that point was changed over into a gallery by Turkey in 1934, as a feature of its endeavours to turn into a healthy state. 

Be that as it may, things were set to change again as just half a month prior Turkish president Erdoğan reported the famous structure would be turned around into a mosque following a High Court administering saying Hagia Sophia’s exhibition hall status was illicit.