Erdogan has made clear his desire to make the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, and recently the Turks have taken serious steps in that direction. The West generally remains indifferent to or even unaware of the aggressive and supremacist implications of this.
“Is there a plan to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque on the Day of the Fall of Constantinople?,” Orthodox Times, May 12, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A post on the account of Turkey’s Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, about Hagia Sophia was the reason why the Turkish press today interpreted this post as a sign that Hagia Sophia was to become as a Muslim mosque.
On his Twitter account, Fahrettin Altun posted a photo of Hagia Sophia – which has been converted from a Muslim mosque into a museum in 1935 – and the following phrase: “We missed it! But be patient. We’ll make it happen together.”
This phrase is displayed in today’s Turkish press with articles on the history of Hagia Sophia and on the “impatience” of the Turkish people to see this historic monument becoming a mosque again. In fact, some speculate that May 29, the day of the Fall of Constantinople (and a day of victory for Muslim Turks) may be the day that Hagia Sophia will open as a mosque and place of prayer for Muslims.
Fahrenheit Altun’s message caused great excitement, today’s Press writes. Those who saw the post began to ask when the mosques would open for prayer or when Hagia Sophia would open for Muslim worship. The Hurriyet newspaper even published a lengthy article on the history of Hagia Sophia from its foundation to the present day….