Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque

[DimPrawn]

In the UK we turn churches into pubs, nightclubs and houses but I don't hear you getting triggered by this.

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Just what I was thinking reading this thread.

[Old Greg]

The Italians had better restore the Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres (Pantheon) to the pagans.

[NotAllThere]

I couldn't give a toss about the heritage.

The significance of this is Erdogan increasingly wooing the Islamists. Before Erdogan, Turkey was a secular nation officially. It is rapidly ceasing to be that, which probably isn't a good thing.

[SueEllen]

In the UK we turn churches into pubs, nightclubs and houses but I don't hear you getting triggered by this.

I know someone who is brown who lives in a converted Church.

Actually that's a lie...

I know a few brown people who live in converted churches. They make nice homes.

[minestrone]

I know someone who is brown who lives in a converted Church.

Actually that's a lie...

I know a few brown people who live in converted churches. They make nice homes.

Yes, a brutal dictator legislating that a cathedral is now a mosque can be put in the same mental memory area as "I know some brown people that bought flats in an old church".

Honest. To. God.

[ladymuck]

I couldn't give a toss about the heritage.

The significance of this is Erdogan increasingly wooing the Islamists. Before Erdogan, Turkey was a secular nation officially. It is rapidly ceasing to be that, which probably isn't a good thing.

Agree. This is the bigger worry.

[minestrone]

Democracy and self determination in Muslim majority areas is only ever a fleeting experiment. They will always tend towards autocratic rule.

That being said. It is disappointing that the BBC cannot accurately present this event. It's in the "a bus exploded" category of reporting.

[Whorty]

Democracy and self determination in Muslim majority areas is only ever a fleeting experiment. They will always tend towards autocratic rule.

That being said. It is disappointing that the BBC cannot accurately present this event. It's in the "a bus exploded" category of reporting.

They were trying to trigger xenophobes ......

[minestrone]

Stonehenge...

Stonehenge: Neolithic monument found near sacred site - BBC News

...sacred site.


Christian Cathedral...

Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque - BBC News

...Museum.

[minestrone]

It's been a museum since the 30's, maybe they should have described it as 'the iconic was once a Christian church, then a mosque, then a museum' in order to satisfy you and yours

It's been a museum since 1930 when they made a law saying it was not to be a place of worship.

Does anyone get away with saying Auschwitz is a museum?