AdvertisementSome Turkish Churches Get Makeovers — As MosquesDecember 03, 2013Peter KenyonfacebookEmailRecent remarks by a Turkish official have rekindled talk that the Hagia Sophia may be reconverted into a mosque. The most famous Byzantine structure in Istanbul, it was built as a Greek Orthodox church in the fifth century, became a mosque in the 15th century, and has been a museum since 1935. Other Christian sites are already being converted into mosques. (Getty Images)