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2020-07-13 International

4193.

Hagia Sophia Museum is in which country?

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

UAE

Kuwait

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Turkey's govt. converts Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque after a favourable court ruling. Hagia Sophia was a church built under Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 6th century It was converted into a mosque by Ottomans in 1453 following their conquest of Constantinople Modern Turkey's government converted the mosque into a museum in 1934