Erdogan's been threatening this for quite some time: the final nail in the coffin, perhaps, of Ataturk's secular legacy, and a hugely significant symbolic gesture. Now he's gone and done it:
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a decree converting Hagia Sophia in Istanbul - founded as a cathedral - into a mosque.
Earlier Turkey's top administrative court annulled the museum status of the world-famous cultural site.
Founded 1,500 years-ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, centuries later the Ottomans made Hagia Sophia a mosque.
In 1934 it became a museum and is now a Unesco World Heritage site.
The cultural body had urged Turkey not to change its status without discussion.
Islamists in Turkey have long called for it to be converted to a mosque, but secular opposition members have opposed the move. The proposal has prompted criticism from religious and political leaders worldwide
Shortly after the move, the first call to prayer was recited at the Hagia Sophia and was broadcast on all of Turkey's main news channels. The cultural site's social media channels have now been taken down.
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