Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that concerns coming from the global community in relation to turning the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque were mere attempts to meddle in the country's internal affairs

Turning the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque may lead to a split between Christians around the world and Turkey, and Athens hopes that Ankara will take this into account and preserve the cultural monument's status, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Thursday

The United States is calling on Turkey to keep the Hagia Sophia as a museum accessible to everyone, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Wednesday