The Constitutional Court of Turkey decided that Hagia Sophia will not be turned into a place of Muslim worship following an appeal made by a private organization called “Authority for Historical Monuments and Environment”.
The Temple that was constructed in the 6th Century AD by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian as a Christian Cathedral, is now a Museum and will remain a Museum.
The organization had requested the Turkish government in 2004 to make arrangements to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque but did not receive a response.
Then, in 2015, they appealed to the Council of State, which also rejected their request.
The organization argued that the denial of the conversion is against freedom of religion.
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