ISTANBUL -- Museum-turned-mosque Hagia Sophia held its first prayer service here Friday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the hundreds inside the World Heritage site.
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Worshippers attend prayers Friday at the Hagia Sophia, now a grand mosque after having served 86 years as a museum. © Reuters
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