Stanford professor sees Hagia Sophia as a “time tunnel” linking Ottomans to the Roman Empire
Stanford professor sees Hagia Sophia as a “time tunnel” linking Ottomans to the Roman Empire
Stanford history professor says conquest narratives don’t fully explain Hagia Sophia’s lasting legacy.
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With the conversion last month of the architecturally stunning Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a working mosque, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan fulfilled a long-held hope of many Turkish Muslims and of his own political party.
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