As Turkish archaeologist Ömer Faruk Yavaşçay claims, while visiting the Hagia Sophia, he spotted double-sided destruction on the door just below the mosaic offering of the Emperors and posted photos and images of the destruction on his Twitter account.
"Today, I encountered another very sad sight in Hagia Sophia. Sadly, again, I found double-sided damage to the door just below the mosaic of the Emperors' Offering. I took photos and videos to document this situation," says the Istanbul archaeologist.
What Turkish media report
The pro-government website "Haber7" attacks the revelation of the opposition newspaper "Cumhuriyet", pointing out that the newspaper blames Muslims for damage, publishing photos of the damaged door of Hagia Sophia, while stressing that these were caused by Christian tourists.
Reassuring, however, on the issue, was the General Directorate of Vaqufs which, in a statement published in the press, refers to the constant monitoring and supervision of visitors to the mosque, noting that this is done by 160 cameras and 81 guards who work for this purpose 24 hours a day. Moreover, according to the statement, both tourist police and special operations units are working at the mosque and therefore there is no security issue, it said.
Source: in.gr
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