The Greek government had already protested at a Turkish decision to allow a daily Koranic reading during Ramadan in the Hagia Sophia – which was the biggest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world for almost 1,000 years. Although a traditional call to prayer has been played from the monument’s soaring minarets, the weekend calling was from within the historic landmark… The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was the biggest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world for almost 1,000 years AlamyGreece reacted angrily after a Muslim cleric intoned a call for prayer from inside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, for the first time since it was declared a museum in the 1930s by the secularist founder of modern Turkey.

Source: The Times July 04, 2016 11:03 UTC