The Turkish Council of state (Supreme administrative court) were allowed to change the status of Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, Museum of the mosque, according to CNN Turk. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan immediately signed the decree, the document was published in Twitter by the Turkish leader.”The state Council of Turkey overturned the decision of 1934 the transformation of Hagia Sophia into a Museum”,— transfers the channel. This means that the historic Cathedral can be used as a mosque.From VI to XV century this building was a Christian Church, after the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, the mosque, and in 1934 the government of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal atatürk made a monument of architecture of the Museum.The initiative to return the Cathedral to the status of the mosque by the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He said that waiting for the decision of the state Council on this matter and will act in accordance with it. The initiative of Ankara criticized in Moscow and Athens. In the Russian Orthodox Church called the initiative of the Turkish authorities “unacceptable violation of freedom of religion”. Details — in the material “Kommersant” “the Hagia Sophia is prepared to re-conquest”.
