Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on the 566th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453 by posting a celebratory tweet on his coal media account and praising Sultan Mehmet II (Muhammad the Conqueror).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to pour oil on the flames of rising tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, despite a barrage of negative reactions by the international community over Turkey’s illegal actions in EEZ of Cyprus.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared immovable in his intention to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque,  justa few hours after the "break" that UNESCO tried to apply with a source of the organization saying that it is a World Heritage Site, and such a decision should be submitted to the competent UNESCO committee and approved, in order to proceed.