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AP, CNN Indonesia | Sabtu, 04/07/2020 14:38 WIB

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- Hagia Sophia menjadi polemik setelah rencana Presiden Turki Erdogan kembali menjadikannya sebagai masjid.

Armed police patrol outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Turkey's highest administrative court on Thursday July 2, 2020, began considering a request for the UNESCO World Heritage site that now serves as a museum be reverted back into a mosque. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Polisi bersenjata lengkap menjaga Hagia Sophia, museum dari era Byzantium yang berlokasi di distrik Sultanahmet, Istanbul (dulu Konstantinopel), Turki, akhir Juni lalu. (AP/Emrah Gurel)

An aerial view of the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, on Saturday, April 25, 2020, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. The 6th-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum. (AP Photo)

Hagia Sophia menjadi salah satu objek wisata yang paling menarik bagi wisatawan karena keindahan arsitektur dan sejarah panjang yang menyertainya. (AP Photo)

People visit the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul on Thursday, June 25, 2020. The 6th-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Sebelum menjadi museum seperti saat ini, Hagia Sophia awalnya didirikan sebagai gereja Kristen Ortodok saat Turki dikuasai oleh Kekaisaran Byzantium hampir 1.500 tahun silam. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People visit the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Thursday, June 25, 2020 photo. The 6th-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Hagia Sophie berubah menjadi masjid ketika Konstantinopel direbut oleh Kekaisaran Ottoman pada 1453. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Sejak 1935, di bawah kepemimpian Kemal Attaturk, Hagia Sophia dijadikan museum hingga kini. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Namun polemik terkait Hagia Sophia menyeruak sejak muncul rencana untuk kembali menjadikan bangunan ini sebagai masjid. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A view of the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Thursday, June 25, 2020. The 6th-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Pada Mei lalu, para ulama Turki menggelar ibadah salat di Hagia Sophia untuk memperingati penaklukan kota Konstantinopel. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Namun niat Presiden Turki, Erdogan, memfungsikan Hagia Sophia memicu perselisihan dengan Yunani. Sebab, kelompok Gereja Ortodoks di Yunani menganggap Katedral Byzantium adalah salah satu tempat suci. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)