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Hagia Sophia is at the centre of a political controversy in Turkey. The conversion of the museum housed in a 6th century Christian church in Istanbul into a mosque by presidential decree sparked a big debate in the country. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s move is seen as a turning point for the Turkish president, having generated religious, cultural, social and political consequences.
The main opposition party-ruled Istanbul is under attack by a “dangerous mindset“, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) said on Saturday, marking the anniversary of the Ottoman Empire’s conquest of the city.
27 May in 20:30 The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) wants all political parties in the Turkish Parliament to participate in constitutional reform efforts as it would emphasize wide support from the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, Daily Sabah reports. Speaking at the AK Party’s extended provincial heads meeting on Istanbul's Democracy and Freedom Island to mark the 61st anniversary of the 1960 coup, Erdoğan touched upon the efforts for a new constitution. He said they seek wide-range support for the new constitution, expressing his hope that Parliamen...
Pomaks to Bahçeli: You cannot make us Turkish, we are proud Pomaks and Greek citizens Search for: The Pomaks of Thrace did not stand idly and responded to the fake allegations made by both the Turkish Foreign Ministry and Devlet Bahçeli, a government partner of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Recently, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a teleconference with 17 students of the Pachnis school in the prefecture of Xanthi and spoke about the “young Greeks” of “Pomakochoria” (Pomak villages), something that brought reactions in Turkey. In his tirade, Bahçeli called Greec...
On a boiling hot day in Istanbul last July, hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside the Hagia Sophia to celebrate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s declaration that the historic building the modern state’s secular founders had made a museum would be turned back into a mosque. The decision was widely perceived outside the country as a turning point in Turkey’s relationship with the west. In retrospect, the crowds in Sultanahmet Square...