TURKEY. Istanbul. July 2020. On 10 of July, a top Turkish court on Friday struck down the 1934 Cabinet decree that turned Istanbul's Hagia Sophia into a museum. Later that day, Turkish president Erdogan signed a decree allowing Hagia Sophia to be used as a mosque Again.
Built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453. 86 years ago, under the Turkish Republic, it became a museum and is now a Unesco World Heritage site.

People gathered outside of Hagia Sophia museum to celebrate after the announcement of its conversation to mosque by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Among the many journalists who came to cover the event, some supporters came to express their joy by shouting “Allah Akbar".