Chora, converted into a museum in Turkey in 1945, to reopen for Muslim prayers after presidential decree.
Turkey has been providing military aid to the Tripoli-based government in the Libya conflict, while Egypt, the UAE and Russia have backed warlord Khalifa Haftar.
A Turkish court heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. It will announce its verdict within 15 days.
The meeting of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani lasted three hours and was closed to the press.
Turkey will continue to take steps towards the extradition of the US-based FETO leader, the Turkish president said ahead of a meeting with his counterpart.
Leaders of both countries agree on protecting civilians in Idlib and to continue to cooperate to avoid a new humanitarian crisis in the region.
Syrian state media say militants have attacked a military post belonging to the regime forces in the country's northwest, setting off clashes that killed three people.
Erdogan wins the presidential election, and his governing AK Party’s alliance with the MHP, the People’s Alliance, secures a majority in parliament.
“We will strengthen our economic and political ties with various regional structures, especially the European Union," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said while unveiling the AK Party's election manifesto for the upcoming elections.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterates Turkey's firm determination to clear the YPG from its border and says the Turkish military will continue the process until it entirely eliminates the YPG-held corridor.
Speaking in Turkey's capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also emphasised that Turkish troops will move on Manbij and other YPG-held areas in northern Syria after Afrin.
Turkey cannot be excluded from vital decision-making in the region, Turkey's President Recep Yayyip Erdogan adding that Turkey would continue to take the fight to PKK terrorists to ensure they pose no threat.
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