Turkish President Recep Erdoğan's decision to almost immediately shutdown access to the Hagia Sophia and turn it into a mosque indicates China is “not the West’s only strategic challenge” according to Sky News host Peta Credlin.
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s decision to almost immediately shutdown access to the Hagia Sophia and turn it into a mosque indicates China is “not the West’s only strategic challenge” according to Sky News host Peta Credlin. Hagia Sophia, built in the sixth century, was a Christian church for 900 years, but was turned into a mosque, until in 1935 it was designated a museum for all religious denominations.
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