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Spiritual center for Muslim Turks in Greece converted to music school

An Ottoman-era building that served as a spiritual center for Muslim Turks in Greece was converted to a music school as Türkiye's neighbor seeks to erase its historical links to the country.

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The mosque, known as "külliye" among the local population (a complex including a mosque, a lodge and a cemetery of fallen Ottoman soldiers) fell victim to the hidden policy of Greece against its Ottoman past. In Rhodes, the policy manifests itself as the purchase of historical buildings from foundations running them and their purported "restoration," which mostly serves to delete its original identity, according to experts. In most cases, the building's original use is abandoned and it is converted into something completely different.