Tuğba Tanyeri Erdemir

Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir is a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Anthropology and the coordinator of the Anti-Defamation League’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities.

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Erdogan and the Hagia Sophia: Will He – Or Won’t He?

By , June 26, 2020 in Rethinking Europe

Facing ever shakier voter support, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may finally be ready to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

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Erdogan’s Ploy to Convert Hagia Sophia into Votes

By , March 29, 2019 in Rethinking Europe

Erdogan’s rhetoric on converting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque could rock his relations with Russia, given its growing interest in the Orthodox Church and its adherents.

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