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            Istanbul '17

Chora Church was built in the early 4th Century, rebuilt 1081. Converted into Kariye Mosque in 1511, turned into a museum in 1945, reconverted into a mosque in 2020.

I normally try to avoid taking sides in this sort of thing, but the reconversion into a mosque was just sheer malicious bigotry. There is no religious significance to this site in Islam and its conversion will (sooner or later) require the destruction or removal of priceless Byzantine mosaics and frescoes. You can't just hide them at prayer time like Hagia Sophia since they cover every conceivable surface. That's the whole point. Worse still, to get to this church I had to walk past at least five decaying mosques that the government has simply let collapse because repairing them wouldn't give them the publicity that flipping off the international community does.

Taken in: Turkey / Istanbul / Karagümrük (show map)

Taken on: October 6, 2017

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Camera: Sony SLT-A77V, f/4.0, 1/30 sec, 22mm (=33mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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