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The Ottoman Turks the Orthodox Basilica called the Hagia Sophia into a Grand Mosque called the Aya Sofya, which is was Muslim House of Worship until Mustafa Kemal Atatürk turned the building into a museum.
The Hagia Sophis was turned into a mosque in 1453 by Ottoman Turks, led by Sultan Mehmed II, when they took Constantinople. This was almost 900 years after the current building was finished under orders of Justinian. There is a link below to an article on the Hagia Sophia.
The Hagia Sophia is a great Byzantine cathedral that still exists today.
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Yes there, like, was. They were Eastern Orthodox Christians, who had broken with Rome and the Pope and thus the Roman Catholic tradition. Later on, when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in the mid-13th century, the city became Muslim, with the great cathedral of Hagia Sophia being converted into a mosque.
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The Hagia Sophia is located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built as a Greek Orthodox Church in 537 AD and used as a mosque in 1453 until it was turned into a museum in 1935. It was important to the Greeks, the Turks, and briefly to the Latin Empire.
Claiming the Hagia Sophia was a major goal of the Ottomans. After conquering Constantinople, Mehmed II (the Ottoman Sultan) had the church converted into a mosque. Christian regalia was thrown out and, over time, traditional mosque features were added, including the four minarets (the tall pillars that are used for the multiple call to prayers each day). Today, the Hagia Sophia functions as a museum.
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