Rep. Cohen Condemns Erdogan Efforts to Reconvert Hagia Sophia to Mosque
July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 13 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement:
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the senior co-chair of the Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans, condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyyip Erdogan's decision Friday to reconvert the Hagia Sophia from a secular museum celebrating Turkish culture to a mosque. The move to convert the iconic monument, inaugurated in 537 as a Byzantine Christian cathedral and later named a mo . . .
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the senior co-chair of the Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans, condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyyip Erdogan's decision Friday to reconvert the Hagia Sophia from a secular museum celebrating Turkish culture to a mosque. The move to convert the iconic monument, inaugurated in 537 as a Byzantine Christian cathedral and later named a mo . . .