Factbox: Praying at Hagia Sophia, Erdogan crowns long campaign to revitalise Islam in Turkey

Factbox: Praying at Hagia Sophia, Erdogan crowns long campaign to revitalise Islam in Turkey ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkey’s Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque, crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular …

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