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The church you're referring to is now called Hagia Sophia. When Constantinople (now Istanbul) was conquered by the Turks in 1453, the Sultan ruled that the former Basilica (church) would now become a Mosque. Nowadays, it is mainly used as a museum of Byzantine artefacts.

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