Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has criticized Türkiye for its decision to convert the Byzantine Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, reported Greekrporter.com. Mitsotakis publicly expressed his disapproval of the conversion just days before his scheduled official visit to Ankara, where
Chora Mosque, like the historic Hagia Sophia, which holds sacred importance for both Christians and Muslims, was controversially converted from a museum to a mosque. As for Hagia Sophia, a portion of it was reopened for visits as a museum with the
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