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Reconversion of Hagia Sophia a coup for President Erdogan

Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia has re-opened as a mosque for the first time in 86 years. Eugene Rogan from Oxford University’s Middle East Center says while the move plays to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conservative Muslim base, most Turks are more concerned by the country’s economic issues.

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