1000 people invited for prayer. At least 7 thousand policemen to guarantee security. Devlet Bahçeli, president of the MHP (Party of the nationalist movement, political arm of the Gray Wolf semi-terrorist movement) also present. The "reconquest" of Constantinople celebrated with special stamps and a video: "Ayasofya, You belong to us and we belong to you forever and ever".

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be present at the first Friday prayer, which inaugurates the reuse of the Hagia Sophia as a mosque. He has compared himself to Fatih II, the "conqueror" of Constantinople, in returning the building that was a Christian basilica for 916 years, then a mosque for 481 years (from 1453 to 1934); then museum for 86 years to use as a mosque. Together with Erdogan, Devlet Bahçeli, president of the MHP (Party of the nationalist movement, the political arm of the semi-terrorist movement of the Gray Wolves), will also be present at the prayer.

1000 people are invited to the Islamic gathering, and the prayer will take place with anti-coronavirus precautions. All guests were advised to bring surgical masks, their prayer mat, to stay spaced, to be patient.

The streets around the basilica have been checked and emptied for days with the deployment of about 7 thousand policemen.