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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 city's Tzisdaraki Mosque has also been repurposed as a ceramics museum. Meanwhile, in the country's second-largest city, Thessaloniki, the Hamza Bey Mosque – the oldest in the city – has been closed due to restoration work aiming to transform the building into a museum. The iconic building, which was constructed in 1467, was previously converted into a movie theater.