- Turkey has held the first Muslim Friday prayers inside the historically former church, Hagia Sophia
- The structure used to be a church in the 6th century before it got turned into a museum and then back into Mosque
- A multitude of crowd witnessed the historic moment as the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, joined in the session
Turkey has drawn the ire of the international community as it holds the first Muslim Friday prayers inside Hagia Sophia, a structure that historically used to be a church.
In the 6th century, the ancient building was initially a church before it got turned into a mosque, from there to a museum and finally now into a mosque.
