How are they going to cover all that beauty without destroying it? A ruling is expected from a Turkish court this week to allow the church to be used as a mosque again, this, of course, creating a precedent for Hagia Sophia itself. I don’t mind that but we have to be clear about what happens to the artwork.
Do any readers know what happened to the Hagies Sophies of Nicaea (Iznik) and Trapezounda (Trabzon), both of which have been re-opened as mosques again.?
Somebody, something, UNESCO…has to do something!
(Note : something was up with my WP account for a while no and readers couldn’t “click” on photos I posted to get full size and appreciation. Some WP tekkies helped me out with this post, but I have to rearrange all the rest too for past posts. Thanks for your patience.]
Very old but interesting article about the issue from New York Times 2013: “From Church to Mosque to Museum Back to Mosque” by Andrew Finkel, an old journalist hand for the NYT, covers mostly cultural, social, artistic life than political, but he does some great work.
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