Addressing AK Party’s advisory council meeting in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: “Loving Istanbul means loving the entire humanity with all its colors, faiths, cultures and dispositions. Indeed, it is so arduous, but also so glorious, a mission to serve a city that is loved this much.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at AK Party’s advisory council meeting in Istanbul.
“Loving Istanbul means loving the entire humanity with all its colors, faiths cultures and dispositions. Indeed, it is so arduous, but also so glorious, a mission to serve a city that is loved this much,” the President said.
Describing the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 as a critical turning point in the Turkish history, President Erdoğan highlighted the importance of reopening the Hagia Sophia, a symbol of the conquest, as a mosque.
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