Turks are gathering outside the Hagia Sophia only hours after the country’s Supreme Court annulled a 1934 decree which had turned the UNESCO site into a museum, paving the way for the monument to be concerted into a mosque.

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As a video shows the crowd converging on the once largest Christian Church in the world, is rising, with some holding Turkish flags and celebrating the latest development.

video credit: Ruptly TV