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Ayasofya Complex and the Tombs of Ottoman Sultans
İslam Tetkikleri Dergisi, 2021 After the conquest of the city of Constantinople, the Ottoman’s first course of action was to change its name to “Istanbul,” followed by converting the famous Church of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, changing its name to the Turkish version of “Ayasofya.
Mustafa Lütfi Bilge
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John of Gaza. Ekphrasis of a cosmic painting [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2020 This publication represents a poetic translation into Russian of the poem by John of Gaza (1st half of the 6th century AD) Ekphrasis of the Picture of the Universe.
Tatiana Alexandrova
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The monument of Hagia Sophia has been a sacred place both for Christianity and Islam, being also a museum. Built in Late Antiquity by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, is considered as the latest great building of the ancient world.
Max Ritter +2 more
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İslam Tetkikleri DergisiThis study explores the historicization of Hagia Sophia in the early classical Ottoman chronicles and examines how its perception evolved in the half century following the conquest.
Sedat Akdoğmuş, Bilge Ar
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The Safety and Security of Religious Sites in Turkey: The Case of Hagia Sophia [PDF]
Muzeológia a Kultúrne DedičstvoThe aim of this article is to evaluate the implications of Turkey’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque, taking into account security issues and the impact of this decision on the stability of the region.
Jacek Dworzecki +2 more
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"You are beautiful, there is no doubt…"
Проект Байкал, 2014 Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is a great grandmother of all Christian temples. The Muslim period of its history brought a lot of architectural additions and alterations.
Elena Bagina
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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis
Sociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 308-319, June 2026.ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 114-127, January 2026.ABSTRACT Do national histories affect national identities? Most nations have complex and multiple pasts. Nationalist historians can smooth over discontinuities by either merging them into an unbroken national narrative or by skipping over pasts that do not fit the story.
Peter Gries +2 more
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Newly Revealed Subterranean Structures Beneath Hagia Sophia’s Atrium
Open ArchaeologyAt the beginning of 2025, the cleaning of the subterranean structures of Hagia Sophia, initiated by the Directorate General of Foundations under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, resulted in highly significant discoveries ...
Diker Hasan Fırat
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The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 85-103, Winter 2025.Abstract This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and ...
Ido Zelkovitz, Yehiel Limor
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