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Erdogan, Hagia Sophia and the rebirth of an Islamic Turkey

A placard depicting Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan and Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, outside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia (Getty images)
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David Patrikarakos
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David Patrikarakos is the author of 'War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century' and 'Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State'

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