Hagia Sophia: Legacy of Emperors 

Beautiful Greek Architecture. Long Live Byzantine!

When I entered this marvel late at night, an Imam from a mosque in Istanbul was walking and reciting some religious text. His voice seemed surreal reverberating throughout the enormous dome. It’s was so magic that everybody sat down and listened to him.

I love Hagia Sophia🙌

Love Hagia Sophia From India🕌💚🤗🤗🤗

I am a picky person with my news channel & this one I like, makes me think well of Turkey, Thank you, kindly TRT. *_Don't let 'em change you!_*

Happy to see Αγία Σοφία well maintained and the removal of entrance fees to make this great temple accessible to the public. People of all cultures and religions should marvel at its beauty. But I must ask a sincere question here: Given the fact this Church was built with purpose as a place of worship and symbol for Christianity and specifically Orthodoxy, as well as the fact it has stood for over 900 years as a Christian church, shouldn’t this be reverted back to a neutral temple? I understand it is now Turkey and the temple is here, but to cover away and hide the Christian symbolism and ethos of this church so that it can be turned in to a Mosque almost feels fake and tarnishes the heritage of the church. Don’t we build better relations and corporate better with people by finding a middle ground for our differences?

Jawdropping documentary 😲 kudos TRT, what a beautiful story of Hagia Sophia Mosque

If hagia sopia can speak. She will be the greatest history teacher

Well done Turkiye

Very sad that Sultan Mehmet was no caliph back then. He would have deserved it the most!

What a great documentary!

MASHALLAH BEAUTIFUL MOSQUE GÜZEL BİR CAMİ MAŞALLAH

Last mongol emperor Mongke Khan was destroyed in battle against Song Dynasty during Seige of Diyaoyucheng 1259

The famous phrase "I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City (i.e., Constantinople) than the Latin mitre" ~Loukas Notaras(Prime minister) of the Byzantine Empire.

May Allah the most high bless the blessed commander and army that conquers constantinople

PROTECT & PRESERVE... it is your ottoman ancestral gift-legacy...

Mashallha 💟

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❤🎉❤ HATI YANG DILAPANGKAN ❤🎉❤

MasaAllah 🤲❤🌙

AYIA SOFIA THE WONDER OF CHRISTIANITY ✝️ THE FIRST CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF THE WORLD

Ameen ❤️

Crying Greeks here, get over with it. Appreciate this beautiful documentary or gtfo!

Should have stayed as a museum... We have no right to change what we did not build.

I respect for china increases day by day

Christians had built it...but muslims had well maintained it. Respect for Turkiye for keeping it well maintained. As I know maintenance of something is much difficult. 🇧🇩💜🇹🇷 Furthermore it shows christians and muslims are closest to each other

Love Hagia Sophia from Bangladesh.

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For the first time in its long illustrious history people of All Faiths are allowed to enter FREE of charge. Please give credit where its due, HS would have crumbled had it not been for Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to commission the greatest ottoman architect to build giant supporting walls to stabilise the huge structure.

The guy looks like an english actor. I like him ...

Stop disgracing the ummah of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wassallam! Return the Cathedral Hagia Sophia to the Eastern Orthodox Christan Church! Regarding the protection of churches, Allah says, {Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause)} (Quran 22:40) . Islamic scholar Ibn Khuwaiz stated that this verse included the prohibition of demolishing the churches of non-Muslim citizens, their temples, and their houses of worship. One of the best examples of strictly safeguarding the rights of non-Muslims and their freedom to practice their religions in early Islamic history was the practice of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam. Umar was particularly sensitive to the demands of justice concerning non-Muslims living under his authority. In a famous story, Umar was invited by the patriarch of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem to pray inside the church. Umar refused, however, not out of reluctance to pray inside a church, but rather because he feared some ignorant Muslims might seize the church after him and turn it into a sort of shrine. “If I prayed inside the church, the Muslims after me would take it and they would say: ‘Umar prayed here’,” Ibn Al-Khattab said. This church still exists today in Jerusalem as the headquarters of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, even though it was under the authority of Muslims for centuries. In one of the most eye-catching scenes in Egypt during the January 25 Revolution, some Egyptian Muslims were seen guarding Coptic churches while Christians pray, and, on Friday, Christians were guarding the mosques while Muslims prayed. The recently published book "The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World", written by Canadian religious authority, academic, and activist John Andrew Morrow, begins with a reference to these mostly neglected "literary monuments in the history of Islam." The author comments: "Considering that the continued conflict between Christians and Muslims across the world has been artificially ignited by the forces of imperialism, especially in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, the content of these priceless historical documents can shed light on the early history of Islam. Via this information we are witness to the primordial relationship between Muslims and People of the Book. Thus, these covenants can serve as a source of inspiration for the establishment of insuperable harmony between the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam." Extremists of both the Muslim and Islamophobic non-Muslim varieties try to ignore, or even deny, the covenants of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), but all accept the authenticity of the Constitution of Medina. There is no doubt that in this there was a clear paragraph: "The Jews of Banu 'Awf are one community with the believers; the Jews have their religion and the Muslims have theirs; their freedmen and their persons except those who behave unjustly and sinfully, for they hurt but themselves and their families." The second paragraph of the covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Assyrian Christians states, "To the followers of Islam I say: Carry out my command, protect and help the Nazarene nation in this country of ours in their own land." The significance of these words is that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) recognized the Nazarenes (Christians) as a people and a nation existing among of the people. Thus, it’s obvious that Islam guarantees the protection of Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims who reside in Muslim lands. Their houses of worship should be defended from attack and their right to worship according to their choice respected.

Erkek konuşmacılardan biri gerçekten zor anlaşılıyor. O nasıl bir tonlama öyle.

L💞ve From Lahore Pakistan 🇵🇰 🇹🇷

Mashallah

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WAS GOD’S WILL MUSLIMS TO PRAY IN A CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL FOR FORGIVENESS

❤🎉😂 ANGIN DUA AWAN PUTIH ❤🎉❤ SEJUK HATI YANG DILAPANGKAN ❤🎉❤

Hagia Sophia is a church.

Beautiful church.

Does Turkey have an Armenian Genocide Museum? I'd love to go. So much beautiful history in Turkey!

in the conquerors and conquests eras, before mehmed ll, three generations of the gazi-ottoman visioned constantinople, in the grounds that romans conquested from desert bedouins lands, plus, the roman imperial rulers were too EXCESSIVE... they asked more and more tributes from weaker dynasties...

Hagai Sofia ☦️☦️☦️☦️

"Halfdan carved these runes."

Yasasin hulagu han

Beautiful church. Always a church. Cant conquer the spirit. Its not a mosque. Never

Stolen church. Some people have no shame.

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Hagia Sofia for Orthodox Christians. Al Aqsa for Palestinians🇵🇸

Şimdi buna da Yunanistan ın derler

Ayia Sofia must Return back to The Christians

THE GREEK CHURCH BECOME MOSQUE

Originated as a Church..... Rest is history.

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It is a church not a mosque!

Legacy of Greek ✌️.. Hypocrisy of ottoman/turkey :-) Glory of Greek humanity & plurality society ✌️.. Shame of islamization & religious beliefs based atrocities :-)

How would the Muslims react if one of their historic mosques was changed to a Christian church? Agia Sofia should have remained an Orthodox Christian church

Hagia Sophia mosque is Muslim world

Turkey was a part of The Persian Empire!

Roman-Turkish monument

Thanks Erdogan

AGIA SOFIA DEDICATED TO THE HOLY MARIA - ALWAYS A CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH!!!! Muslims and Christians all kneel to her majesty.

Turkey is the rightful inheritor of the Eastern Roman civilization as well as its Ottoman successor

Respect to Turkey for maintaining Hagia Sofia a true Roman church

Legacy of emperors or legacy of plunderers like Erdogan?

Allahuakbar

Crap

Justinian=Dardanian(Kosova-albanian) Constantin=Dardanian(Kosova-albanian)

Hagia Sofia is the right orthodox Christians. Just like Al Aqsa belongs to Palestinians.

Hagia Sophia Mosque Is Space Hagia Sophia Mosque Aliens Build It Not Turks Hagia Sophia Mosque Aliens Build It

When Islam spreaded,they had no buildings as they were nomads and bedovians . The first targets were churches. St. Catherine monastery I'm mount Sinai was also vandalized. After mohd nabi verdict not to spoil this and was placed there it was spared. When crusaders came in holy land all churches were turned mosques like last supper Upper house, ascension church at Mount olives and golgotha. It is written in Quran (9:29): “Fight against Christians and Jews until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.” Christianzvwere killed,arrested and sold to Arab kings as slaves. One of evil religion in world.

WRONG LANGUAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The great Turkeye 🇹🇷

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