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Erdoğan, center, accompanied by his wife, Emine, right, waves to supporters as he walks in the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, an UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. The sixth-century building is now at the center of a heated debate between conservative groups who want it to be reconverted into a mosque and those who believe the World Heritage site should remain a museum.

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Trump pats Erdoğan on the back during a meeting in the Oval Office.

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