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Prime Minister of Greece and the head of UNESCO discussed vandalism in the Hagia Sophia


Closed Christian mosaics of Hagia Sophia. File photoATHENA, Apr 21 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay had a telephone conversation over the vandalism of the Hagia Sophia Imperial Gate in Istanbul, the prime minister's press office said. referring to Turkish publications, they reported that part of the Imperial Gate in the temple, recently turned into a mosque, was damaged.The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned the desecration of a famous monastery in Turkey”During the conversation, Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed deep regret and indignation at the situation in which the symbol of Christianity, a world heritage site, found itself, and stressed that these actions, which do not respect the history of the monument, endanger its integrity and its universal character. For her part, the Director-General of UNESCO reiterated the organization's concern about the consequences of turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque and stressed that she would seek explanations from the Turkish authorities,” the message says. for the protection and security of the temple, in coordination with the competent authorities. The Prime Minister also expressed concern about efforts to change the character of the monastery of Chora, the report said. . The cathedral was the largest temple in the Christian world for about a thousand years. After the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans and the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the cathedral was converted into a mosque, but since 1934, by decree of the founder of the modern Turkish state, Kemal Atatürk, the building became a museum and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In July 2020, the Turkish State Council annulled a 1934 decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a museum. Immediately after that, President Tayyip Erdogan announced that he had signed a decree on turning the cathedral into a mosque and starting Muslim services there. attempts to politicize the work of the organization

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