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Hagia Sophia basilica museum Istanbul Turkey #54208814
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Istanbul, Turkey - March 16, 2015: The Hagia Sophia was the Greek Orthodox church patriarchate basilica until Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Subsequently, the church was converted into a mosque until 1931. Under the new secular republic of Turkey, Hagia Sophia was converted into a museum in 1935.
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