The Turkish Newspaper Cumhiriyet has reported that Hagia Sophia may not survive t0 the year 2050. In one day a few weeks ago as many as 100,000 people visited Hagia Sophia. The article states that the moisture from the breaths of so many people could bring about the ruin of Hagia Sophia.
It is apparent that Hagia Sophia will in fact be destroyed over time. In the end only the Greeks cared for Hagia Sophia. We who are exiled from Justinian’s Church.
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The only thing the Turks are interested in with respect to Hagia Sophia is using it as a regular ‘in your face!’ to Greek Orthodox Christians. Turkish society is today as it’s always been, hateful and intolerant towards minority groups-especially Christian minority groups. If letting it fall into disrepair serves their need to focus their spite at Greeks, they will let it happen. That’s why they constructed 4 minarets around it over the centuries (just as they did to the Parthenon when they occupied Athens) and why they recently converted it into a Mosque. Erdogan is in deep political trouble in Turkey, but he knows one thing he can always rely on is Turkish hatred and intolerance for other ethnic groups. He’ll always use that to pump up his supporters.