Hagia Sophia Mosque

First tarawih prayer to be performed at Hagia Sophia Mosque after 88 years

Muslims will hold tarawih prayers at the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul for the first time since it was converted into a museum in 1934.

First prayers held in Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque after 86-year hiatus

Some 350,000 people have attended Friday prayer in Istanbul's iconic mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 Council of State decree that had turned Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for its use again as a mosque.

Hundreds of thousands offer first Friday prayer in Hagia Sophia in 86 years

For the first time since 1934, Friday prayers have been held in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia post-conversion into a mosque. Worshippers showed up in massive numbers, including Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan: Islamic prayers in Hagia Sophia on July 24 after 86 years

Erdogan's comments come after a top Turkish administrative court annulled the 1934 conversion of Hagia Sophia into a museum.

Turkish court rules 1934 conversion of Hagia Sophia into museum illegal

Shortly after the ruling, President Erdogan signed a decree opening Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for prayers and transferring the monument to the presidency of religious affairs.