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Eid prayer held at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia Mosque after 87 years

Eid prayer was held at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia Mosque on Thursday after an 87-year hiatus. Thousands of worshippers joined the prayer led by Ali Erbaş, head of Turkey's top religious body Diyanet.

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In the past, Hagia Sophia served as a church for 916 years and 86 years as a museum, but most of its existence-1453 to 1934, nearly 500 years-it spent as a mosque, a status it resumed last year.