Hagia Sophia

Erdogan spokesman Ibrahim Kalin accompanied Tsipras on his tour of Agia Sophia, which was the foremost cathedral in Christendom for 900 years and one of Islam's greatest mosques for another 500 years.

The "International Congregation of Agia Sophia" was founded in 2005 and is a U.S.

"I was actually one of the first people in the queue in April 2003 on the day the checkpoint first opened." Unable to track down his old classmates he was sent to speak to another English School graduate Ecirakli, a fellow economist who owns a family grocery shop next to Agia Sophia Cathedral in Nicosia.

From the mesmerising Blue Mosque to the mind-blowing Agia Sophia, from the atmospheric Roman cistern to the soaring Sleymaniye Mosque, boat trips on the Bosphorous, fish suppers under the Galata Bridge, inhaling the heady air of the Spice Market - this is a city of superlatives.

Replying to questions on efforts of Chris Spirou who established a NGO "International Congregation of Agia Sophia" in Washington, D.C.