For nearly 1,500 years, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has stood as a testament to resilience, surviving empires, earthquakes, and shifting roles as a cathedral, mosque, museum, and mosque again.
Paul Golding, leader of the far-right Britain First party in the UK, posted a image on X (formerly Twitter), depicting the Hagia Sophia with a superimposed Greek flag and surrounded by soldiers.
She wore a red scarf on her head that made her presence even more imposing and began to sing "Ti Hypermacho Stratigo", the Byzantine hymn that had been heard at the Fall of the City in 1453
