Citizens of Turkey are satisfied with the conversion of the Chora Monastery into a mosque, as reported by Manolis Kostidis from Istanbul.

In fact, the Turks say “thank you” to Erdogan: “God bless our president. He did the same with Hagia Sophia.”

* The State Department’s reaction

TV NETWORK A HABER REPORT: “From the first day we wanted to come and pray. Praise be to Allah. May our president be well, God bless him.

Open, we are happy. God bless our president and may we never miss him. When this place was closed we had a sadness. Now we have joy. We will pray shortly. God bless those who made this decision. We were as happy as we were for Hagia Sophia. We thank them.”

“The hagiographies inside the prayer area in the Kargiye mosque and as you can see were covered with special covers that have the appearance of marble. As you can see here there is a mosaic iconography, according to the Islamic rules this iconography had to be covered and so it was.”

“We are right next to the prayer area of ​​the Kariye Mosque. Here we see the iconography of Christianity that is from the time of the Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium. This area was left for tourists. I came as soon as I found out it opened. I thank those who are working to win back our historical monuments.”

In yesterday’s statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the conversion of the Monastery of Chora into a mosque, during his meeting with the President of the Republic, the Turkish media are reporting today.

“The Kariye Mosque on the agenda of the Erdogan – Mitsotakis meeting” – “Mitsotakis reaction: I will express my annoyance to Erdogan”, are the headlines of major news media in Turkey.

Preparations in Ankara for the visit of Mitsotakis, next Monday.

The aim is to have agreements for collaborations and the continuation of the positive agenda.

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