Hagia Sophia holds first Jummah prayer after 86 years | Unique knowledge

ISTANBUL: Muslims offered Friday prayer at Hagia Sophia (today) after 86 years in Istanbul.

Talking to media, the Governor of Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya said everyone was looking forward to attending the special prayers with great enthusiasm. Stressing the measures being taken against the coronavirus, he said five different open spaces were reserved for worshipers to prevent overcrowding.

What’s Hagia Sophia?

Hagia Sophia building is among Turkey’s top tourism destinations for both domestic and foreign visitors.

Earlier on July 10, a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century monument’s status as a museum, that had been declared under Kemal Attaturk in 1934, and Erdogan ordered the building to reopen for Muslim worship, deeply angering the Christian community and further straining relations with NATO ally Greece.

President Tayyip Erdogan, 

Himself president recited surah Fateh and surah Bakara at the moment of Jummah .