President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message on the occasion of the second anniversary of the reopening of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque for prayer.
In a post he shared on his social media account, President Erdoğan said, "Praise be to Allah for allowing us to restore the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque to its original status as the symbol of the conquest, as well as the will and trust of Mehmed the Conqueror, 86 years later. May the Hagia Sophia's resurrection be auspicious once again."
President Erdoğan also included a photo of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in his post.