Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has expressed his hope to see Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Museum be used as a mosque, while already calling it the "Hagia Sophia Mosque" while speaking to reporters.
"We currently stand next to the Hagia Sophia Mosque... we are looking at a sad Hagia Sophia, but hopefully we will see it smiling again soon,"
Dogan News Agency quoted Arinc as saying in a speech during the opening ceremony of a new Carpet Museum, located adjacent to the ancient Hagia Sophia complex. [ANSAmed] Read more
