Uhulumeni waseTurkey umemezele ukuthi indawo eheha izivakashi edume umhlaba wonke e-Istanbul izophendulwa isonto lamaSulumane, ecaphuna isinqumo senkantolo sanamuhla.

Inkantolo yaseTurkey ikhiphe isinqumo ngoLwesihlanu sokuthi umthetho ka-1934 wokuguqula isonto lasendulo lase-Istanbul iByzantine uHagia Sophia ube ngumnyuziyamu wawungekho emthethweni.

Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalesi sinqumo, uMongameli waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan wabelane ngekhophi yesimemezelo ku-Twitter futhi wasayina isinqumo esivula iHagia Sophia njengesonto lamaSulumane.

Ukuqomisana emuva ngekhulu lesi-6, iHagia Sophia ingelinye lamasayithi avakashelwa kakhulu eTurkey, kanye ne-UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I-UNESCO izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngombono ka-Erdogan wesakhiwo esingumlando, iphawule esitatimendeni sangoLwesihlanu ukuthi lesi sakhiwo "sinenani eliqinile elingokomfanekiso nelinendawo yonke." Inxuse iTurkey ukuthi "ihlanganyele ezingxoxweni" ngaphambi kokuthatha noma yiziphi izinyathelo ezingaba nomthelela kunani layo lomhlaba jikelele.

Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kukhishwe isimemezelo sakhe, uhlelo lukaMengameli waseTurkey lwalahlwa abaholi bamabandla ama-Russian and Greek Orthodox, abaxwayisa ngokuthi kuzobhekwa njengokuhlambalaza amaKrestu nokwadala uqhekeko phakathi kweMpumalanga neNtshonalanga. IWashington iphinde yanxusa iTurkey ukuthi igcine iHagia Sophia njengemyuziyamu.

Okhulumela u-Erdogan u-Ibrahim Kalin uzame ukulungisa umonakalo, ethi ukuvulwa kweHagia Sophia ukuze kukhonzwe khona ngeke kuvimbe izivakashi zasendaweni noma zakwamanye amazwe ukuthi zivakashele indawo eyisimangaliso nokuthi ukulahleka kwesakhiwo njengendawo eyigugu lomhlaba ”akubuzwa.”

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