A brief history of Ayasofya:
The Hagia Sophia Church was established by Emperor Justinian in 532 AD, and the church turned into a mosque with the Islamic conquest of Constantinople in 1453 AD, but it again turned into a museum in the year 1934 AD, becoming one of the most important museums in Turkey to this day.
Hagia Sophia, “Church, Mosque and Museum” has received great attention from its inception until today. It has always attracted attention around it with its unique architectural design. It also contains many relics and possessions of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
The tourist importance of Hagia Sophia:
Hagia Sophia is considered one of the most attractive tourist destinations for tourism in Istanbul, since since the mosque was converted into a museum by Kamaluddin Ataturk, the mosque has become a museum with great Islamic and Christian holdings, treasures and monuments, making it the most rich museum in Islamic and Christian heritage at the same time.
And in any tourist program in Istanbul, the program must include a special trip to the Hagia Sophia Museum, as it is a place frequented by all tourists coming to Istanbul, where they take them to the best ages of both the Byzantine and Ottoman countries, and the most important activities that tourists undertake in the museum are the following:
