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