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EOS – Association of Archaeologists in Greece October 2020 PRESS RELEASE FOR THE HAGIA SOPHIA CATHEDRAL AND THE CHORA CHURCH IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY The international academic community was recently unpleasantly surprised and deeply disappointed by the violent change in the use of two of the most important Byzantine monuments. Hagia Sophia and the Chora Church (Turkish: Cariye Camii) in Istanbul were both turn into mosques. Hagia Sophia, built in the 6th century as the cathedral of Constantinople, is the foremost example of Byzantine Christian architecture in the world. It is the largest and the most luxurious building that was ever built [...]