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The Turkish Court of Turkey made a decision on the request of the Hagia Sophia re -converted into a mosque on Thursday (2nd) on Thursday (2nd).However, President Erdogan's desire to rebuild this building that witnessed the rise and fall of the Islamic world is not simply for urban planning or religious considerations.In economic landslides and epidemics, the public opinion below the rivers and rivers.
The Saint Sophia Cathedral stands in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. Its Byzantine -style architectural style and history are not only selected as the World Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. It attracts more than one million passengers every year. It has been nearly 1,500 years in the past 1,500 yearsThe changes in the east and western power of the world, and the witness of the Islamic world from prosperity to decline, so the status of the cathedral in the world history is self -evident.
Although the Cathedral of St. Sophia is currently a museum, its bricks carry the great history of the Islamic world.This church built in the 6th century AD was originally one of the most important churches in the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), but its religious significance changed due to the rise of the Ottoman Empire.Under the leadership of Muhammad II, the Ottoman Empire sent an army to conquer the strategic fortress Mdash in 1453, MDASH; Mdash; the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and aims at creating a world empire with an Asian and European territory.After more than 50 days of siege war, the Eastern Roman Empire finally became history with the death of Constantine 11.On the contrary, the victory of the Ottoman Empire not only represents the control of the Bosptruce Strait, but also the beginning of the then centuries of Islamic Empire ruled the East of the Mediterranean and the beginning of the world of power.
After entering Constantinople, Muhammad II preached Islam, and ordered the Saint Sophia Cathedral to be converted from Orthodox Church to the mosque of the empire.EssenceSince the Ottoman Empire, which has been strongly strong in the battle, has been split into different ethnic countries, the modern Turkish Father Mustafa Kemal Atatuuml; RK) is the process of modernization and secularization that imitates the West. In 1935The Cathedral of Sofia became a museum and officially eliminated its religious significance.
Erdogan's key
However, the secular position of the cathedral will soon usher in a huge change.The Supreme Court of Turkey will review the effectiveness of the decree of Kamal's rectification of the Cathedral as a museum in 1934.However, according to the country's former National Assembly, Aykan Erdemir pointed out that even in the past, there were lawsuits that changed the status of the museum and all failed all.Ztuuml, vice chairman of the opposition Republican Party; RK Y Lmaz also believes that this is not a legal issue.If the government wants to rebuild the museum into a mosque, it only takes the president (administrative) order ??, so the future status of the cathedral will also be regarded as Erdogan's final will.
Interestingly, Erdogan has remained silent about the status of the Cathedral since he served as the government leadership in 2003, and the situation will not change until 2019.Before the city council election in March 2019, Erdogan saw that his belonging to the Justice and Development Party (AKP). When he lags behind the opposition party in Istanbul's election, he said to his supporters.The Cathedral was converted to respond to the actions of US President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel.
Even if the reconstruction of the cathedral is only a decision to change its use, Tong can use the political career of Erdogan, which can be used to save death, especially under the popularity of the new crown virus, and the crowd of rivers and rivers.It is the usual trick in exchange for space.Especially under Greece, the European Union, and the United States, under uniforms against the reconstruction plan, Erdogan not only cocaid the original conservative supporters, but also borrowed the nostalgia of the Ottoman Empire to break political differences, re -re -re -break, and re -re -.Unity people.It can be seen that there was a poll last month that 73%of the country's respondents supported the reconstruction, and the number was higher than its personal support.However, Erdogan was not Muhammad II, and rebuilding was not the beginning of the empire. Therefore, the reconstruction was still a social engineering that incited nation and religious emotions.
