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Brush the turkey all over with the butter and season with salt and pepper. Set the turkey in the rack breast side …
Hagia Sophia: Turkey to rule on turning site into mosque
Turkey’s Council of State is due to decide if the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque. Built in the Sixth Century on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, it was the world’s …