Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after it was used as a museum for more than 70 years, making it the second such major conversion under President Tayyip Erdogan.
Item 1 of 4 A visitor takes a picture at Chora Museum or Kariye Mosque, one of the city's most celebrated Byzantine churches which was reconverted into a mosque in 2020 and re-opened its doors to visitors and worshippers after a four year-long restoration process, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 6, 2024.
People were seen lifting the coverings to look at the mosaics of Jesus and of Mary with the infant Jesus. "There was a small section reserved for prayer. At the end, they didn't tear everything down and turned it into a mosque," he said.
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