Head of the meeting, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his hope that prayer will be able to hold “after the state Council meeting July 2”.
Also at the meeting proposed to be held in the Aya Sofia prayer July 15, to commemorate a failed coup attempt in 2016.
currently, the Turkish judicial authorities are considering the possibility of cancellation of the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of 1934, adopted with the direct participation of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal atatürk about the transformation of Hagia Sophia into a Museum. It is expected that the verdict will be announced in early July.
the Opposition Republican party of Turkey (CHP) opposes such a step.
