The Church That Politics Turned Into a Mosque
By SUSANNE GUSTEN
Published: February 8, 2012
ISTANBUL — As worshipers knelt to face the Qiblah for noon prayers in the Hagia Sophia of Iznik last week, a caretaker beckoned to a couple of tourists tiptoeing around behind them.
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