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Wednesday, 30 May 2018 13:23
Erdogan poses as successor of Mehmed the Conqueror
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the occasion of celebrations in Turkey commemorating 565 years to the day since the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks and Mehmed II, to promote himself in a video released by the Turkish Presidency.
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Monday, 28 August 2017 08:25
Turkish Minister: Mehmed the Conqueror gave us the right to use Hagia Sophia as mosque
“Prayer in Hagia Sophia is a right conquered by Mehmed the conqueror”, said Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Numan Kurtumlus commenting on the prospect of transforming the historical UNESCO site into an Islamic mosque.
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