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If walls could talk, Turkey's Hagia Sophia would have an abundance of stories to tell. Once a church, then a mosque, and now a museum, this world marvel has stood the test of time and war, surviving centuries of conquest by some of history's greatest empires. Kelly Wall takes us through the history of each layer of this great jewel of human desire.
Lesson by Kelly Wall, animation by Andrew Foerster.
As an Atheist, I love to go to churches or temples and just sit there, taking in the beautiful architecture and calm environment. Religion can make some beautiful things.
An athiest who can admit that...this is a miracle
and what's wrong with mosques?!?!?!?!!? are you tryna be religiously racist LOL
Bless you, Sunny.
;)
All that i expect from religion is that it keep the peace-and to itself.
whenever im in there i always feel like there is something missing and get these weird feelings along with it. the choir do sound good sometime. i guess, what im consider as a weak agnostic.
Ali Syed There are no mosques near me. There's three churches in my town and a few temples around.
It wasn't named Istanbul right after the Ottomans took it was named Konstantiniyye.
GalacticHero: Like "Assassin's Creed: Revelation"
In Urdu it is still called Qustuntuniya قسطنطنیہ
its all correct. Istanbul comes from the Greek "Stanboul" which many oridinary citizens of the empire used to refer to Constantinople. Stanboul simply meant "the city" and over time it became Istanbul.
Konstantiniyye similarly was the turkish word for Constantinople (which itself is the English version of Constantinopolis as it was originally known in Latin - eventually it became Konstantinoupolis as Greek dominated the Byzantine Empire). Similarly the arabs called it Al-Qustantiniyya. They are all one and the same.
The name of the city only officially changed after the fall of the ottoman empire.
+shriramvenu hi yes that's what I heard the name was not changed to Istanbul until the 20th century around the time Ataturk became president in 1923? the time you turned Aya Sofia into a museum. Ataturk took over he realized his people had a 10% or less literacy rate. So he aggressively openned up many schools to practically eliminate the illiteracy rate which is a great accomplishment. I only wish America could do that.
+George Plagianos one thing I have to say after speaking to someone's home and took his friends they have their own version history of the byzantines modern-day Greece and Turkey some are pretty preposterous I gotta try to remember some of them I think I read the most Preposterous ones on TH-cam
Having spent time in Istanbul last summer (which beat Barcelona to become my favourite city I've ever been to), I gotta say that Sultanahmet (the district in the city where one can find the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque) is an incredible spot in the universe. Regardless of who built it and why, these two buildings (like many others in this part of the world) are amazing pieces of architecture and history.
I agree.
I was there a few weeks ago....jaw dropping beauty.
Well thanks chris, much appreciated
Chris Hiltz Did you see the cisterns?
I agree I was in Istanbul.Realy beatiful city it was a honor to visit it,its one of the oldest cities
Chris Hiltz gouh constantinople gouh gouh
It's a Church, it's a Mosque, it's a Museum, and It's a Mosque (again)
Everyone in it during Prayer get Infected by covid-19 lol. They should do this earlier or later
@@derryaryasaputra2629 I went to aya sophia to pray my islamic prayer and I came out good. No covid.
@@alienguy-kazmikompany1286 how did you you're not infected?
and will be like that forever (in shaa Allah)
@@derryaryasaputra2629 because we followed social distancing.
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Nah the republic turks make the ottoman empire fall down,the hagia sophia turns into church,today erdogan rise hagia sophia to become a mosque again after the adzan not heard for years,even hundreds this is a revolution toward the elimination of republic there,and the rise of Erdogan for turkey,May Allah bless all there who is Islam,which the Hagia Sophia is property from Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh,who conquered Istanbul from the Byzantine , which stated in hadith if prophet Muhammad PBUH ,for 800 years,finally Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh conquered it,the best soldier and the best leader is whom who will conquer the Constantinople(now Istanbul) = (this is hadith from prophet himself).Its in turkey’s power to do that,Islam will rise brother.
Even im not from Turks itself,im from Malaysia and i really believe that Islam is the peaceful way of life, as it is guides for human to live with kind towards human,and their God ( Allah ).Nothing else,we are all really have a God name Allah,and He has 99 beautiful names which is Asmaul Husna.
nightshade what are you saying?
Love the animation, but there are some notable mistakes. The city's name remained Constantinople(though the Turks pronounced it as Kostantiniyye, Istanbul was used aswell but it was not that popular) It wasnt until Ataturk officially renamed the city Istanbul that it became officially known as such. He did this to give the image of progressiveness and as such he made Ankara the capital of Turkey aswell.
That city's name was kept 'Konstaniyye' out of respect for the Prophet because Muhammad s.a.w. named it that way in the hadith, but on several coins and documents was also called Islambol/Islambul (abundant in Islam/the city of Islam).
He didnt make Ankara the capital, Istanbul got occupied by greece after WW1 and ataturk reconquered it
Not by the greeks. By the British
By greeks, with british support.
He says Istanbul not İzmir... Istanbul got occupied by UK, not greeks.
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As long as nobody is destroying it and we can still visit such a great place, I don’t really care about the purpose of the building. So much history in those stones.
Other do because if it is a mosque or a church it represents the glory of God
Christians really care though... Turkey's political actions, just want to provoke. Even the date they have chosen to make the conversion of Ayia Sophia, from a museum to a mosque was premeditated, as on July 24, exactly 97 years ago (July 24, 1923) the Treaty of Lausanne, which defined the borders of Greece and Turkey, as we know them today, was signed.
@@arianaaapoel3967 Why would you care about a building so profoundly? Whether that church collapses or is renamed, God will still be God. God does not dwell in the heavens nor a church; If you want to find God, you’ll discover thy presence among the people.
@@Jose04537 I am afraid you are ill-informed, the Hagia Sophia and many other mosques remain open to non-muslims. The only place prohibited to non-muslims is the great mosque in Mecca.
@@historicalarchives9111 I fact check that, you're right.
Why do people complain? It's neither a mosque nor a church, it's a homage to both. Best compromise ever.
+degman1989 That's very mature of you.
+Colton Reeves haha you funny guy
In that case there are plenty of magnificent churches in Spain that were once mosques built by the Moors. Trade 1 for many? Or live and let live? It's generous enough on the part of the turks that it is no longer a mosque.
ya its neither but guess what it still looks like a mosque and its honestly sad to see
Cynical asfuck What makes it look like a mosque, to some, is simply eastern orthodox church or byzantine architecture, which influenced islamic architecture, along with roman, chinese and indian architecture. Fact is that the ottomans did none of the pillaging and destroying usually expected of invaders of other cultures, and at least externally, the Hagia Sophia retains most of its cathedral form. And so one of the christian faith might draw happiness, instead of sadness, in knowing this.
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Hagia sophia built before the birth of prophet Muhammad
We know
Then?
@@cardon5496 then why they want to convert it into mosque!?!..is there any shortage for mosque in a country with 99%Muslims..!
@@benhur007 It was a symbol for the Muslims for conquering Istanbul/Konstantinople. Just to let you know Sultan Fatih Mehmet Khan Bought Ayasofya with an agreement with the Byzantines.
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RIP Gli, the beautiful cat of Hagia Sophia
Who is Gli?
@@thepowerpointhistorian4287 a cat :(
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A muslim majority country decided to make it a musea instead of a mosque but the keyboard crusadors are still complaining. You know they could also have destroyed it completely?
Hagia Sophia or "Ayasofya" as we call it, has always had a symbolic significance.
It used to do and still demonstrates the sovereignty and power over the city.
Turning it into a museum is the vision of Kemal Atatürk and of the new Turkish state. Not a mosque, not a church but a museum.
It was simply the way of declaring that Republic of Turkey was established on modernist, secularist, positivist principles.
Pepe “I could have killed your daughter, you’re lucky I only made her work for me”
Pepe Like they did with the holy apostles church, in order to build Fatih cami
@@bulletbill1104 oh yeah, what about Spanish inquisitors in reconquesta who destroyed Muslim mosques and palaces and convert them into churches. You ever seen Al hambra in Andalusia, Spain? They have built statues of Christians victory and biblical figures inside the palace. It happens everywhere but I only see the crying when Muslims are doing it. Stop obsessing over past events and just appreciate the beauty and history.
Hagia Sophia is orthodox while spain is not. Its abig diference even if you May not see it
Yesterday the Turkish Foreign minister showed proof to justify the change to a mosque...
L.Abu Bakr Turkey, wrote :
What attracted my attention most during my research in the case of Aya Sofia is the name of the endowment created by Sultan Muhammad II and recorded and corrected Aya Sofia on his name.
For those who don't know.. Sultan Muhammad II, known as (Muhammad Al-Fateh), was insightful and intelligent to witness history and enemy before the beloved, he made a move that has never been repeated in history.
So that after opening Constantinople, he offered pastors to buy Aya Sofia's building from his own money, not from the state's money or from the house of Muslim money, and a personal deal that has nothing to do with his job in the state.
The deal was documented through a purchase and waiver contract, and payment was proven with payment bonds.
Directly, may Allah be pleased with him, established a stand (association) and waived to the association his property and the name of the endowment was tipped.
This is what shook Turkey a few weeks ago to manually review 27 thousand documents, coincidentally found an original title (Tabou) that clearly shows private property ownership.
Thus, landlords applied for absolute free use of the property as their own, and their request was to return the building to a mosque
As they used it since the day they bought it.
But what caught my attention is the name of the endowment created by the Fateh, may Allah be pleased with him and the name (Abu Al-Fath Al-Sultan Muhammad)
In the photo, the purchase contract and the cue that was found recently.
Mosques in Spain have been turned into churches, bars and nightclubs ! (Against the peace treaty).
The Babri Mosque in India turned into a temple of idols !
They want to transform Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem with all its sanctuaries as the capital of the Zionists !
We have not heard a Western or Eastern voice condemning these crimes !
But reverting the Aya Sophia to a mosque exposed the hatred of the mentally eclipsed from the East and the West !!
The Alhambra Palace Mosque in Granada was converted to the Santa Maria cathedral.
Masjid Qasim Pasha has been changed to Saint Michael cathedral.
The Jami Masjid of Qurtuba has been converted to a cathedral.
Masjid Ibn Adees has been changed to the Salvador Cathedral.
Masjidul Murabiteen has been converted to the Khan Khausiyyah church.
Jami Masjid of Seville has been changed to the Church of Marry.
No one is mourning the diversity and rich Islamic history of mosques-turned-churches in Spain that surveil and monitor Muslim tourists & stop them from praying inside.
Please share the post to silence the mouths claiming to persecute the issue of Christians and their sacred claims that Turkey does not respect the feelings of Christians in the world.
Where can I read more on this?
Sictir
Well said
What about the thousand of cathedrals and churches destroyed by Muslim empires. Churches in Anatolia, the levant, Egypt, the Maghreb, and the Balkans. Millions of Christians were displaced and churches have been converted and destroyed.
What about all the mosques that where destroyed in the balkans no one complains about them
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Hagia Sophia is not a mosque. It was brutally turned to mosque. Hagia Sophia was built and operated as the religious and cultural center of (Orthodox) Christianity. Its importance for the Orthodox is similar to that of the Vatican for the Catholics and Mecca for the Muslims. Imagine how Muslims would react if Mecca was turned to Christian church or Vatican into a mosque. It is a shame that not only the Turkish government does not give Hagia Sophia back to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for religious use by the Orthodox Christians from all over the world, but instead turns it back to a mosque from a previous museum use. The only thing the Turkish will achieve is to alienate all the Christian world. I think the Western countries should re-think about continuing the operation of mosques in their countries if that is how Muslims will treat Christians in their countries.
Your solution to Turkey's government's acts of religious politicization is to encourage other countries to do the same? Two wrongs don't make a right.
@@ThisApp There must be some consensus on a state level on how things should be in order to have a mutual respect and understanding of all people including religious minorities. I repeat... imagine if Mecca was converted to a Cathedral.. what would the reactions be from the Muslim world? Why is the western world not reacting? Is it because it doesn't concern the Catholics and the Protestants? So, what is the right thing to do? To shut up on all provocations?
@@promy563 That's not an appropriate comparison though. Mecca is the holiest site in Islam and has been used as a religious place of worship for its entirety (unlike Hagia Sophia which has been a church, a mosque and a museum throughout its existence).
The appropriate comparison would be like converting St. Peter's Basilica into a mosque which wouldn't ever happen.
Also, not to downplay Hagia Sophia's importance, but many mosques have been converted into churches throughout the world when the crusades were happening. Truth is that there is just as much talk when churches get converted to mosques and vice versa. India is often converting mosques into sites for Hindu temples. Does it make it right that any of these situations happen? No, but that means the people need to address and change their government, not the religion.
@@ThisApp Any kind of conversion is a desecration. Hagia Sofia is the holiest site in Orthodox Christianity so it is exactly as important as Mecca. The fact that it has been conquered and desecrated does not make it right. By the way the crusaders were not Orthodox Christians and they also pillaged and desecrated Hagia Sofia during the 4th crusade. In conclusion, the Turkish government should give Hagia Sofia back to the Orthodox Christians for worship and stop occupying it and use it for political reasons in order to appease the extreme Islamists and the Turk nationalists who dream of a new Ottoman Empire. Be civil.
I don't understand why muslims don't feel any shame,it belonged to different religion and wasn't praying in that mosque an act of blasphemy because the king of ottoman Empire just plastered the potrait of Jesus, angel,marry and other important figure. Indirectly praying to christian figures
The most emotional and best thing I have seen in my whole life is a church next to a mosque IT just made my day so much
Was there a few days ago. Visited Hagia Sofia, the Blue Mosque then the Cistern. Amazing. The Tour Guide explained that the reason why the Cistern had nice columns is because they were rejects from the Hagia Sophia. Makes sense.
Wow, such rich history for 1 building
An amazing history.
for my foreigner friends: This great structure was turned back into a mousqe to excite turkish fundamentalists to get back their votes which they have been losing lately, and I think, it didn't work except for a short period.
Not true at all
@@easy5989 as a Turk yes it is true.
It's mosque now baby
Its a church - nothing else
As a Catholic Turk, I think it should stay as a Orthodox church. It still has iconas in it which is very ancient and they are really important for we Christians. We would like to use the church as obey God.
As if getting one more church would change much. And I suppose all “un-christian” artifacts should be removed or even destroyed then? We should exclude the party who lives in the city and include a minority? Not a good idea. A museum is a high respect as it allows many cultures to enjoy and marvel at the pasts arcitectural marbles. Converting it back to a church or a mosque is a downright insult to Hagia Sophias Rich history
@@hitrapperandartistdababy And look we where we are now...
Shriyan Govender aye its a sad world.
@@hitrapperandartistdababyHaiga Sophia is built for Saint Sophia.
Saying that it is an insult for the Church's history to honor it to the person it was built for makes no sense.
It is a church it will always remain a Church
Now its mosque
its a mosque now love to turkey from egypt
When I think of the Hagia Sophia I think of the ghosts of Justinian and Suleiman walking in halls men different yet similar who brought greatness to there empires only for it to crumble under a week heir and successors
Wow! That is a great way to see it.
I like to imagine that they stroll along the corridors, talking to each other like old friends while looking at the art
@@ijent3819 not really Suleiman would be mad that they took all the plaster off and Justinian would be disappointed that almost none of the original mosaics (which were probably better if we reference them to the intact Byzantine Ravenna Cathedral) survived the iconoclasm.
Neither would be happy if they were alive today, especially Justinian.
As a Greek, "Hagia Sofia" most likely brings Saint Sofia of Rome to your mind (since that's what Hagia Sofia means in Greek), but the realization that Hagia Sofia stands not for Saint Sofia, but for Holy Wisdom (hagia= holy, wisdom= sofia in greek), as in Holy Wisdom of God, is so moving and heart-warming. Especially considering how that God can be Zeus, the christian God, Allah or any other deity that has been revered inside its walls throughout the centuries.
My boyfriend is greek orthodox and watching this is super helpful to me. Wish it would have stayed as a world heritage site
You forgot that it's changed more. Especially in the time of the Suleyman the Magnificent. His architect Sinan (Mimar Sinan) made changes, big renovations. He gave the final shape it has now. His works made it possible to remain solid.
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk I listened it from the achitecture experts who talked to the media in Turkey. There are books telling the history of Hagia Sophia and Mimar Sinan but in Turkish and I can't give you a certain name. Sorry , I can't give a scientific source but I have some internet pages. Some English some Turkish. www.turkishculture.org/architecture-403.htm
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk Here is an official source for the History of Hagia Sophia ayasofyamuzesi.gov.tr/en/history
It is an Orthodoxy church and forever shall it be.
Amen brother.
Hah, it is not logical lol. Mosques which were made churches must be converted mosques again? No. So we do not need to Hagia as church again
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk U can look at ones which are in Spain and Hungary. They were mosques but converted into churches.
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk Nope. Ones which are in Hungary were built by Ottoman Turks while ones which are in Sapin were bult by Muslim Arabs and Amazighis. Maybe they are few churches which were mosques and infact they were churches long time ago however i do not think current churches(ex mosques) were generally converted from Christian art by Muslims.
To clarify one mistake in the video, city was called Constantinople(Konstantiniyye by Ottoman) by everyone including Turks/Ottomans up until the end of the Ottoman Empire and even some time after Turkish Republic was found. It was after some years of the founding of the Republic of Turkey that the name changed to Istanbul as we know today.
"It is a beautiful and important monument and an international, intercultural treasure...Unless and until it can be shared by both religions in harmony--which would be a grand idea--it should remain a secular building honoring both religions who have made it beautiful." -Ljubo Vujovic
That will never Happen, Two Religions 😤.Many So called 'Christian' and 'Islamic' Artifacts worth Kilos in Gold were destroyed by the Militants
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It's a church.
It is a Cathedral. It is the See of St. John Chrysostom.
"Runic inscriptions carved by the Vikings of the Emperors elite guard-"
Excuse me THE WHAT? That is the single most badass thing I have ever heard!
Research the Varangian guards. Basically the Viking’s came down and were so epic that they got hired as elite guards for the Roman Emperor. Viking’s and Romans it’s my favourite period of history the Byzantines.
4TheWinQuinn i know right? Even though the vikings where no match for the Byzantine Navy they still thought “Damn those guys are tough lets offer them elite posts for money”
Could've maybe gave Theodora a mention along side the Nika Riots.
So it's a Chosquem.
(Church+Mosque+Museum long ago)
This is a brilliant documentary interms of visual and graphics
but alot of information presented in this video is not accurate.
A few of those major mistakes are: The name "Istanbul" wasn't named by the sultan, the name remained Constantine as they used to call it "konstan-tiniyya" which was kept out of respect for the local Christian community and also the prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) mentioned, as while he was alive, that you will conquer "konstan-tiniyya", which is the same word as Constantine, (because in Arabic there is no "T", as one example is that, the country, "Argentina" in Arabic is "Al-Arjantin"(T is pronounced as ت or Ta), the name George in Arabic is said as "Jarjah" or the country "Rome" as "Room")
So, the Ottomans didn't want to change the name because it's original name was mentioned in the book of Hadith, and btw "hadith" means sayings of the prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).
Secondly the name was changed by Kamaal Ataturk in the name of nationalism, in the video it portrays as it was changed by the Ottomans, which is totally wrong as Islam is known for preserving the culture and norms of any type of society.
Third point is that, the Hagia Sophia wasn't just turned into a mosque right away, the Sultan bought the mosque and signed a contract, and when he became the owner of Hagia Sophia, he converted the church into a mosque, so the conversion of the church was done with the permission of the local community, the priests, and then only the contract was signed, with the agreement from both parties.
Besides that i loved the video and keep up with the amazing content. ❤️
Now it is a mosque again. Adding another tale to the grandiose architecture.✨
i went there on my trip to turkey and it’s gorgeous
When I went there in 2018, there were repairing work in progress. I heard it will be finished in 2021, so it should be in progress right now. At that time, many restorations of the wall we done, and the worker said the damage is caused by the salt vapour from the sea and the birds' poop. Hence, the plaster is very good in protecting the murals beneath the plaster. The structure of original Hagia Sofia would be destroyed by earthquake, if no outer supporting structures were added by Ottoman. Your drawing of Hagia Sofia is the structure with these supports (in grey). The original one is the red one, with the shape of a boxy shape. The Ottoman was so nice to preserve this structure, and they did not destroy it like the 4th crusaders. They even used different coloring to make sure people understand the original structure. I will thank them for that.
Yes, if the time comes to reconvert it into a museum or church it will be done accurately. It's a mosque in name and with a few decorations only, not like they reformed the whole historical building which some people are suggesting that happened.
@@abcdefg2591 Give an account of the destroyed mosques in Europe. Then the mosques we bombed in the Middle East. Maybe the Turks will build churches again. Anyway, it is the Turks' money to keep them standing.
its a church its a mosque, its hagia sophia....no its a mosque again.
Yes that is because originally the Khalifa of the Ottoman empire bought the place from the Christians before converting it into a mosque. So this is a personal property of the Khalifa.
@@Islam-gy9lj Brother, please learn more about the Ottoman Empire. Sultan Mehmet al Fatih was not a Khalifa, he was just a sultan. The first Ottoman Sultan to use the title Khalifa was Yavuz Sultan Selim II in the early 16th Century. Sultan Mehmet al Fatih conquered Constantinople in 1453, over 100 years before the first Ottoman Caliph.
@@alienguy-kazmikompany1286
Yes brother that's what I mean. I am aware that the Ottomans had Sultanates and not Khalifas. But I used the word, Khalifa, to mean the head of state.
HAGIA SOPHIA is so beautiful
Am Indian Muslim & here in India there are lots of beautiful mosques
I love holy places cuz there are no negativity
& my dream is to go Istanbul at once in my life
Istanbul is a beautiful city
@Kim jong un yup!!
As an Bangladeshi muslim, I totally agree with you. One day I will visit India ❤️
Interesting video, time flies...2014! Crazy stuff.
If it remains open for people to visit, i dont see the problem with it being a church or a mosque.. Just think about all the great mosques and cathedrals that are basically museums to anyone who wants to visit..
The vast majority of those great mosques and cathedrals have only ever belonged to one religion. I don't see the problem with them continuing to function in that capacity because nobody else has any rightful claim to them. In contrast, the Hagia Sophia was once the most important cathedral in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and remains a deeply sacred place for Orthodox Christians. Making it a mosque and denying Orthodox Christians the right to worship there is a slap in the face to them. At least when it was strictly a museum, that acted as a form of neutral "compromise" between Christian and Muslim claims to the building and that helped maintain peace between the two religious communities. Now Erdogan has worsened these relations for no good reason.
@@photios4779 you leave this comment as if the Turks should compromise. Why should they? It is their country.
I see that the comments section is absolutely lit up.
God has totally blessed the comments
@Joseph Stalin not Stalin being here 😭😭
Church!
Mosque!
Both
Yesss
I guess it's back to being a mosque again.
Because it was a masjid instead of museum. So where's the big deal??
Turkey is majority Muslim
Today is the day of risig ! Today is the day of second conquest ! Today is the rebirth of Hagia Sophia ! Today is 10th of July 2020 and from this day forth Hagia Sophia is mosque which is foundation of Mehmed the Conqueror ..! Alhamdulillah الحمد لله
werent there enough mosques in istanbul? what is the use of this, are they going to hide all the orthodox and catholic art now? that would be really disappointing, and probably less tourists would want to visit it
You will pray inside an orthodox temple with christian name. Yes that's make sence
Some dogs enter a church a thousand years after its built, does this make it a kennel ?
That was a church... Everybody knows...
2020: It is definitely a mosque
Narration says corinthian columns but graphic shows ionian columns.
It was bought by Sultan and then turned into masjid ,but Muslims cannot even offer prayers in Cordoba mosque where Christians have turned it into a church a mosque turned into church and Muslims not even allowed to offer a prayer during tour.Total 8 mosques have been turned into churches ,In Israel mosques have been turned into bars.Kaaba was made by Adam he did hajj,then fixed by Nuh and then Abraham for hajj ,yes pagan used it for a little while but it was meant for hajj and after prophet spread islam it was back to hajj
Check again, the mosque of Cordoba was a church before it was forcefully turned to mosque. Also, hagia Sofia was not bought, it was conquered, there is a difference in these two terms. A little bit of reading won't hurt you
@@dimalex8 Mosque of Cristo de la Luz which was converted into a church
@@muslimproudtobe it is a museum now
@@dimalex8 it was bought by Mehmet, and it seems that intelligence is following but you have always outpaced it
Good video but sme errors - Istanbul only became the city's name under Ataturk in the 1920s. It was Constantinople until then.
There were no minarets when it was constructed as a Church back in the 500s.
Wrong. It was Namen Istanbul in The 1450s wehen it was Taken bG The Muslims.
I was talking official names - while the Turkish people have always called it Istanbul- which comes from the Greek, meaning The City, it was never the official name for the city, the Ottoman rulers referring to it as Kostantiniyye...by the 19th c though, Istanbul was becoming more popular and some officials were already being given titles with Istanbul rather than Kostantiniyye
Alhamdulillah its a mosque 2021
@Saiyan Prince!! What about al andalus in spain
Let it remain as a museum! The building represents the cultures and histories of the two religions.
@Abhijeeth Babu yeah! BTW are you Once?
It could be used by both religions like many churches. Different days
Been There...Climbed that :D :D :D
(Assassin's Creed: Revelation) ;)
You see that Mosque.. Or Church
You can climb that
3:24 The information you have provided here is incorrect. After the city was conquered, it did not immediately take the name of Istanbul. During the Ottoman period, the names Constantinople or Konstantiniyye were used. It was also called Dersaadet or Payitaht. Apart from that, you mentioned that the city was looted for 3 days. On the contrary, looting takes place for 1.5 days and Sultan Mehmed II stops the looting. Because he thinks of this city as the capital of his future. In addition, Sultan Mehmed II saw himself as a Roman kaiser and we can say that he (Mehmed The Conquerer) rebuilt the city of Istanbul.
But today it's only mosque Allahu akbar☝️💪🇹🇷❤
Allahu Akbar sister I'm from Al Djazaiir🇩🇿
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InchaAllah we will take Al Andalous🏴☝️
@@leretourdenitendo6465 inshaAllah bro
Only,Mosque.😍😍😍😍 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 Please change the video's Title.
So sad they are turning it to a mosque, it should be a museum
Right? I mean let’s also make Birmingham or Cologne Cathedral into museums
Turks are happy, muslims are happy and Christians don’t care
Reflection Stillz i always wanted to visit Hagia Sophia the museum not Hagia Sofia the mosque.
@@ernestbr9786 Not comparable. These cathedrals are still used by the same religion that built them and no other religion has any claim to them. Not even the Greeks are calling for the Blue Mosque in Istanbul to become a museum because it was originally built as a mosque in the 16th century and has served that function ever since. But the Hagia Sophia is sacred and historically important to Orthodox Christians and making it a museum respects BOTH the Christian and Islamic history of the building. Making it exclusive to only one religion is a slap in the face for millions of Orthodox Christians.
@@atifadib you can still visit it and see the same things. And now its free to visit. So its a win-win
It's a mosque finally!
@Saiyan Prince!! no shame, just joy
It is a church
@@GamingChannel-iz9ug in your dreams
@@dr.mmaudi8194 hahah it is a church but you changed it🙄
@@GamingChannel-iz9ug it's a mosque
Who is here after hearing the recent developments ✋
1:03 I didn’t knew if there was such a word ,,Eklesia” in Turkish language, because I am from Georgia and it means church too.
Not "ekklesia" it's "kilise" in turkish. But pronounce should be similar.
I'm not surprised. "Ekklesia" is the word for "church" in the original ancient Greek text of the New Testament. It naturally entered the vocabularies of many other languages who came into contact with Greek speaking Christians such as the Georgians and Turks. "Kilise" in Turkish looks like it is etymologically derived from "ekklesia" because both words are based upon the same k-l-s consonant structure, which is most likely not coincidental. The pronunciation and spelling has of course been modified to a more Turkish form, as is common when words are borrowed into different languages.
It made it's way to Spanish too "Iglesia" I guess it comes from Greek
This is Istanbul, not Constantinople! ❤️🇹🇷
Constantinople
@Akmal Ahmad I didn't say otherwise, I said that we call in Constantinople.
@Akmal Ahmad Because we have been calling it like that for 2.000 years, we are not going to change now.
Shut up. It is city of Constantine and when turkey falls in the ashes, we will rise cross on our cathedral once again
Hagia Sophia should be a Mosque since it is conquered by Mehmet and has Islamic symbolization. It is not a museum. May be make a section for people to view but the Mosque must be intact.
@The Little Mermaid Its a mosque now, and has been for hunderds of years, it being a mosque is not new.
@The Little Mermaid Lol says the barbarians who destroyed cultures in Asia, Africa and Americas. This is your areas of expertise not ours. 😂
Not anymore :(
Bravo 👏 Erdogan 💪🏽 Our Sultan
Love From Morocco 🇲🇦
Wash ntuma ila makatl7su l kappa l malik tl7suha l erdogan
Viva Erdogan from Al Dajazaiir🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿. Incha Allah we recupere mosque and Andalous
muh n mas
سير تحوا العياش
hagia, not haya...
it is pronounced haya
Agia (Αγία) pronounced "Ayia" is greek for "Holy"
It's the "Holy Sophia "
2:15 Corinthian? They look Ionic to me. ;-p
Yeah!!!! BIG MISTAKE. LITERALLY.
Don't be a Doric
Whatever it is - it's a great point of conversation and prominent place of civilizations intentions.
Constantinople was named Istanbul in 1923. It known as Konstantiniyye during Ottoman rule which translated to Constantinople.
fact: the name used by the Ottoman emperors after the fall of Constantinople was Konstantiniyye. Istanbul was later changed sometime ı guess during the new Turkish Republic era, meaning "to the city" derived from the Latin or Greek roots(I)Stan= To, Poli= City which later comes to its current name Istanbul= (I)StanPoli.
Good lesson.
Methinks the same God (who is worshiped by those represented) wouldst prefer the *Hagia Sophia* as a secularized museum-rather than see historical religious schisms create more conflict in his Name.
Peace Be Unto-whoever is represented by that Holy Name.
Its a church
Absolute shame that a place of this grandeur is ruined by weird writings and carpets with no historical significace
وأنا مصري مسيحي ، و قبطي أرثوذكس ، ولغتي هي اللغة العربية ، والأقباط يعني مصر ، والقبطي يعني مصري ، لذلك مصر مسيحية في الأصل بعد الفراعنة. I am an Egyptian Christian, a Coptic Orthodox, and my language is Arabic, and Copts mean Egypt, and Coptic means Egyptian, so Egypt is Christian in origin after the Pharaohs.
أحلى مسى عليك ياسطا
أحمد حبيبي يا زملاه
Ugh the way they pronounce the Hagia. As a Greek it triggers me lmao
You are meant to emphasize the "i" not the "a"
That's the correct pronunciation of the Byzantine's Greek name for the church, but Mehmed II turkified the name to "Aya Sofya" to solidify it as a mosque. Similarly to how he began referring to Constantinople as "Konstantniyye" after he conquered the city.
@@nickeichstaedt9379 ummm dude people have an accent when pronouncing foreign words , we should commend him for at least trying .
@@nickeichstaedt9379 You westerners do the same thing. You call it Constantinople.... It should be Kōnstantinoúpolis.... in greek. It is just a difference in language. Bickering over how we pronounce the word correctly is no use, because there is no correct name.
@@fnubrawijaya6334 Hey sorry, I didn't mean it in that way. I was just trying to allude to the fact that the Turks actually changed the official name and pronunciation of the Church, and that they were using that Turkish pronunciation in the video rather than the original greek or western version. I don't speak Greek, but I have no doubt she's correct in her own rite; that's all I was trying to say.
@@nickeichstaedt9379 it is potahto and potato difference. It is the tongue that makes differences. Turkish say Mehmet instead of Muhammad, Hatice for Khadijah. The same with Westerners. Joseph for Yosef, Yusuf, Yesuf, etc. John for Johannes, Ioannes, and Yahya in Arabic, and many others. Which one is correct? All are correct. It is the tongue, or we call it as accent.
After qonquest, city named Kostantineyye not İstanbul. Your history videos are subjective and includes false informations.
Lol, kostantineyye is in Arabic, I don't know where did u get this, the real information after conquest it was named as the city of Muslims islambul.
@@Daker1000 Constantinople was never called islambul
@@miguelpadeiro762 suuuuure :)
@@Daker1000 It was changed from Constantinople to Istanbul in the 1930's. Istanbul is Greek for "to the city".
I’ve always wanted to visit Istanbul, maybe even just walking in the streets by the Bosphorus over looking Hagia Sophia would make me cry tears of joy. It would be fascinating to think that while your walking the streets, your walking in land inhabited for thousands of years with rich historical significance. I just envy the people born on Istabul.
it's traffic is fubar though. fine for a touristic visit, but living ...this is coming from a turk
M E
But every city no matter how beautiful has it’s cons. Like how Venice experiences floods every year
Praise be to God for the blessing of Christianity and enough blessing.✝️☦️💟
الحمدلله علي نعمة المسيحية و كفي بها نعمة.✝️☦️💟
Arab Christian and proud🔥🔥🔥♥️♥️♥️✝️☦️💟🇺🇸🇪🇬👍🤙💯🙏🎈👏
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Cry
@Turkey I think you should cry lol 😂😂
Go home christian keyboard warriors. Its not the crusades.
I want to visit one day.
Restoring it to it's old religious purpose of islam or christianity?
I say it's Odins turn
The Greek clergy lost it because they were too drunk on ouzo(alcohol) on Saturday and Suleiman snuck in and prayed there taking it over without a fight and declared it for God by sitting there and praying 5 times daily. He influenced the "sit-ins" of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the 1960s Anti-War Movement in the USA. And I am glad that the Greeks lost Hagia Sophia in 1453 all because of too much alcohol and I am also glad that recently became a mosque.
This man Evangelos Papanikolaou is the hope. He uses his brain, not his nationalism. As a Muslim, this Greek Orthodox Priest Evangelos Papanikolaou has my utmost respect for speaking truth!
When the Greek clergy came to Hagia Sophia on Sunday, it was too late and they lost it forever all because of ouzo and being too intoxicated. Songs "Never On Sunday" by Melina Mercouri and "Bungle In The Jungle" by Jethro Tull are about this incident. And that is why Muslims are forbidden to drink alcohol. Too much alcohol is not good for anyone. And that is the undisputed truth. And that's the way it was in 1453.
This comment section made me believe that no religion can bring peace.
@@person10 get lost
@@person10 i have to disagree because islam is not peaceful or true. it just wants to spread all around even if it means invading others.
@@person10 people like you are the reason why I wrote this comment.
Idea: Build a Church and a Mosque (both similar in size and architectuure) exactly near Hagia Sophia, and turn Hagia Sophia into a Library of theological texts as well a museum.
lmao remember the Norman viking in the Varangian Guard that wrote "Hafþan was here"
Who's coming here after Turkey announced to change it into a mosque?
I'm🇹🇷💪
Yup turks just want everyone to hate them
@@marios1211 why? it's their own country they can do whatever they want.
Veil Exodus Although it is harmless in this instance(FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME, *IT IS NOT THE SAME THING* ), the mentality of “their country, their choice” could end up in horrible consequences. Imagine that Egypt has decided to raze down the pyramids and built some highrises instead, what will we say “well, its their country afterall”.
@@DistinctWisdom 🙏👍
fun fact: in one of the many rooms in the hagia sophia there is a graffiti believed to be done by a norse viking in somewhere around 900ad which basically says ''Halvdan was here''
Very interesting
Hmmmmm Yes VERY INTRESTING
But not until 21st century that they can translate that into "Halvdan was here"
For centuries people thought that that inscription was some holy text of sort from Nordic people
I'm from Istanbul let me explain that fact. Vikings were certainly in Hagia Sofia.
They gave gift (Viking Ship⛵) to roman emperor some parts of that ship are exhibited in hagia sofia museum nowadays :) Also you can see ship ⛵ graffities on the walls, we think Viking guys made these graffities cause they were bored :) In addition it's known Viking soldiers came up to Constantinapol time to time as mercenaries (rented soldiers). They have been in Constantinapol for too many times. They were well-known visitors :)
Hagia Sophia, istanbul new look after renovation
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This is chosque....
Vir das fan spotted
*chosqueum
@@minzblatt This is best 😂
Lamo!
@@minzblatt Perfect :)
it's a bird
it's a plane
*_it's the seljuk turks_*
u absolute madlad
Lol Billwurzt
hah
aah!
Ahhh said Byzantium
Narrator: *Hai-ya Sophia*
Me: *thinking it was Hag-ia Sophia all this time 👁👄👁*
Nope,the real name is aya sophia
Αγία (Saint in greek) Σοφία (the wisdom of Christ, the second of the three faces of God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) at orthodox christianity.
It can be pronouced both as A-gia (with a "g" pronounced as "y" in the word Year) and A-ya (it comes from the greek Αγία (=Saint) and Σοφία {Sophia} (=Wisdom).
yperokeanios R Vsauce?
@@Shanaoh Vsauce with Mikeius
It's a church........it's a mosque....... IT'S A.....
2020: "mosque. It's a mosque now guys."
Edit: You might want to grab popcorn and crack open a cold one before diving into the response thread on this comment 😂😂
imo it's kinda sad, really. the building has a historical importance in it and it should've stayed as a museum 😕
@@jonnathan1869 Trust me it's very sad. I'm an Orthodox Christian and we are upset about it
@@jonnathan1869 why are you guys sad about someone else property. Mehmet the Conqueror. Purchased it with his own personal wealth after he conquered Constantinople...
@@Nolimitscomedy plus yesterday it was reconverted from a Museum to Mosque..not from Church to Mosque..
And everyone can still visit it like they visit other Big Mosques
So there is no logical reason to be sad except that you hate Islam and Mosques
In that case cry me a river
@@user-op8fg3ny3j No I don't agree with that either. People who practice Islam should have every right to be pissed when a mosque becomes a church as well. *Cough cough Spain*
I believe it should remain a museum, to honour both the cultures and religions that used it. Whether you prefer to see it as a church or a mosque, I think we can all agree that is a beautiful building with a rich and unique history.
Jennifer Shay Erdogan: hold my raki.
I wonder why nobody is talking about Cordoba masjid turned into church
Mahjabeen Malik because it was built as a church in the fist place, the Christians just took back what was theirs.
@@mahjabeenmalik5306 I am guessing you heard this from sheikh yasir Qadi.....cordoba mosque used to be a curch before the muslim rule.
@@jjmichael5059
Ok I guess people in power can do anything
The End
"When angry citizens rioted and nearly overthrew the Emperor Justinian."
*laughs in Extra History*
Justinian had several thousands of them killed
@@DSAK55 Sure. But the riots remain true nonetheless.
Well what do you expect from football thug's....and an arena from Roam ...these Greeks would have done better to have a theater for plays acted out ofcourse....
What is impressive about Hagia Sophia, and what I wished they had highlighted, is the fact that it's a stone building that is over 1,400 years old in a very active earthquake zone. The ingenuity of this building is such that it has survived millennia of really powerful earthquakes, despite being made of brick and stone, and having an immense brick dome. Quite an engineering marvel!
The first building was demolished. Turks rebuilt it. It is not possible to stay for 1500 years. Turks are still repairing
@@ercanmeti Rebuilding was not done by Turks though it is correct that the building wouldn't survive without sophisticated maintenance by the Turks for centuries.
The Pantheon is several hundred years older and its dome has never collapsed, unlike Hagia Sophia.
It's a church. It's a mosque ...
2020 - It's a mosque
Al Hamdoullilah 🇹🇷🇩🇿
Takbir
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Yeah I mean it’s fairly sad as an Orthodox myself, and we can’t really have this mentality of “it’s their country they can do what they want” like some other guy said in the comments, imagine if the Egyptians destroyed the Pyramids, there would be outrage, but then again I’m slightly on the fence here, since it is Turkish land, but then again we can’t have that type of mentality.
It should have remained museum but looks like turkey is no more democratic
Assassins Creed Revelations anyone? ;)
YES!
+PlayerAuditore It's too bad Revelations was set at a time when it was in such a state of disrepair, though.
+Dagda Mor yeah that was istanbul after 7(ish) earth queke
Lol
Yes!