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Headscarves, coverings now required to enter Hagia Sophia
Visitors to the Hagia Sophia wearing clothing that exposes the legs or shoulders are now required to wear coveralls and female visitors must wear a headscarf to gain entrance, in line with typical dress codes for mosques, OdaTV reported on Friday.
Vistors who do not meet the dress code requirements are charged 5 Turkish liras ($0.68) for a headscarf and 20 liras for the coveralls needed to enter the site, which was re-converted into a mosque from a museum in July.
Visitors to mosques are typically required to wear modest, loose-fitting clothes. Women can wear trousers or full-length skirts or dresses, with long sleeves and a headscarf. Male visitors typically wear trousers.
Erdoğan sought to reassure Christians in July that they would still be welcome at the site and said that the $15 entrance fee will be waived, since the Byzantine-era monument is no longer a museum but a mosque and an active place of worship.
The Hagia Sophia’s doors will remain open “for all, local and foreign, Muslim and non-Muslim”, he said.
Headscarves, coverings now required to enter Hagia Sophia
Visitors to the Hagia Sophia wearing clothing that exposes the legs or shoulders are now required to wear coveralls and female visitors must wear a headscarf to gain entrance, in line with typical dress codes for mosques, OdaTV reported on Friday.
Vistors who do not meet the dress code requirements are charged 5 Turkish liras ($0.68) for a headscarf and 20 liras for the coveralls needed to enter the site, which was re-converted into a mosque from a museum in July.
Visitors to mosques are typically required to wear modest, loose-fitting clothes. Women can wear trousers or full-length skirts or dresses, with long sleeves and a headscarf. Male visitors typically wear trousers.
Erdoğan sought to reassure Christians in July that they would still be welcome at the site and said that the $15 entrance fee will be waived, since the Byzantine-era monument is no longer a museum but a mosque and an active place of worship.
The Hagia Sophia’s doors will remain open “for all, local and foreign, Muslim and non-Muslim”, he said.
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