Hagia Sophia: Workers are taking down all the signs that identify it as a Museum (video)

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Hagia Sophia: Workers are taking down all the signs that identify it as a Museum (video)

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Work on the conversion of the historic church has been underway, with municipal officials taking down all signs of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism that identified it as a museum.

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