Stand up for Hagia Sophia: Sign the petition!

Say NO to converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque

There's a real movement in Turkey to convert the historic Hagia Sophia into a mosque. A commission in Turkish parliament is considering an application by citizens to turn the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, a bill has been introduced in parliament to restore Hagia Sophia to a "symbol of the Conquest of Istabul" and in November, Turkey's deputy prime minister promised that the building would be "smiling" again as a mosque soon.1 

This is unacceptable. 

Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica which served as the seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. When the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, it was converted into a mosque but was eventually opened as a museum on February 1, 1935.
Please sign this petition. We will deliver this petition to UNESCO, which has declared Hagia Sophia part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

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1. Learn more and read the articles: Stand up for Hagia Sophia.



This petition has a goal of 20000 signatures
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26792 8 hours ago Georgia Triantafillou , US
26791 11 hours ago Andi Rembeci AL
26790 12 hours ago Erion Dushi AL
26789 14 hours ago Suela Iacono AL
26788 14 hours ago Klejd Kellici AL
26787 14 hours ago Anonymous US
26786 14 hours ago Sokol Çunga AL
26785 14 hours ago Socrates. Dokos AU Hagia Sophia is one of the most beautiful buildings in all the world, with immense religious, historical, and cultural interest to millions worldwide, as evidenced by the some ten thousand tourists ...
26784 15 hours ago Alex Sarker GB Religious respect and neutrality.
26783 15 hours ago Karen Weidenheim US Hagia Sophia should be restored as a church.
26782 21 hours ago Anonymous GR This is unacceptable.
26781 21 hours ago Alex Anas , US
26780 21 hours ago costas melakopides CY
26779 22 hours ago Dionisios Pnevmatikatos GR
26778 22 hours ago Anonymous GR
26777 1 day ago Stephen IE
26776 1 day ago Anonymous IT There is in Turkey - as in many other countries - a growing authoritarian climate, and such kind of governments need to flatter their masses with popular actions of force display to distract public ...
26775 1 day ago Anonymous GB
26774 1 day ago Paul Stallbaumer US This place should be a functioning cathedral like it was intended to be.
26773 2 days ago Brad Self US
26772 2 days ago Mariana Bartolomeo US What else can we do to help?
26771 2 days ago christos georgas CA
26770 3 days ago LEONIDAS KOUMAKIS GR
26769 3 days ago Nicholas AU DO NOT touch the Hagia Sophia... it was and is a church...do NOT desecrate it !!
26768 4 days ago Bradney Thomas US You have many huge and awesome mosques in Istanbul. Why do you need to confiscate Hagia Sophia ? Turkish citizens should be ashamed. Not only should it not be a mosque, it should not be a museum. It...
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