The Turkish Ministry of Culture has launched an entry application to the Hagia Sophia monument as it was before it was converted into a mosque, as Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul.
With an entry ticket for foreign nationals, entry to Hagia Sophia from today.
The Turkish Ministry of Culture has launched an entry application to the Hagia Sophia monument as it was before it was converted into a mosque, as Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul.
Entry will be free for those who go to pray.
The entrance fee for foreigners entering the historic mosque for tourist purposes is 25 euros.
In a related announcement issued by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it states: “As part of the restoration and protection of the monument started by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Ersoy, it is planned to install a ticket office in a specific place that has already been prepared for visitors and will be placed in operation on January 15th.
In addition, security cameras, fire detection systems and emergency notification systems have been installed, while protective measures have been taken along the mosque’s sightseeing route.”
In the same announcement it is emphasized that “citizens of the Turkish Republic who will visit the mosque for purposes of religious worship will continue to enter free of charge through the entrance provided for this reason”.
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Source: Skai
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