Srinagar, July 12 -- Turkey's president has vowed to liberate Al-Aqsa mosque from Israel right after the decision to transform the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque was announced.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the comments in an Arabic statement after "resurrecting Hagia Sophia" on Friday.
"The resurrection of Hagia Sophia is the footsteps of the will of Muslims across the world to come.the resurrection of Hagia Sophia is the reignition of the fire of hope of Muslims and all oppressed, wrong, downtrodden and exploited," the Turkish Presidency website said in a Turkish statement.
However, the Arabic translation of the same statement suggests Turkey's Hagia Sophia move is part of the "return of freedom to Al-Aqsa" from Israel....