A view of a ''wall' set in front of Istanbul's 6th-century Hagia Sophia, the main cathedral of the Byzantine Empire which was converted into a mosque with the Ottoman conquest of the city, then known as Constantinople, in 1453, that was to be used as a set for the celebrations to mark the 567th anniversary of the conquest in Istanbul, Friday, May 29, 2020. A Muslim cleric recited the "prayer conquest" from the Quran inside the Hagia Sophia. Muslim prayers at the UNESCO World Heritage site are highly controversial, hitting at the heart of the country's religious-secular divide. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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