In 2020, despite secular and global criticism, Erdoğan signed a decree annulling the Hagia Sophia's museum status, reverting it to a mosque. It a shame, however it has one advantage – you don't have to pay to visit the building (and the ticket price used to be pretty expensive as far as I know). We won't visit it today however, it was a sunny Sunday and there were a lot of tourists, so the waiting time was horrible, even 5 hours. (previous | next | back to album | 2022:09:11 10:48:42 | 25% of an album)