Njengoba kusondela inyanga yokuzila ukudla kweRamadan kumaSulumane, amathimba kaMasipala waseFatih e-Istanbul enze imisebenzi yokuhlanza nokubulala amagciwane endaweni yamaSulumane eguquliwe yaseHagia Sophia.
Amathimba oPhiko Lwezokuqondisa Kamasipala “Ukuvikela Nokulawula Imvelo” ahlanze ingaphakathi nendawo ezungezile yesakhiwo esiyingqophamlando.
Okhaphethi bacociwe, amarack ezicathulo kanti ingaphakathi le-mosque lifuthwe ngesibulali magciwane. Imithombo yokugeza okungokwesiko "abtest", igceke le-mosque kanye nesikwele "iSt. I-Sofia” yagezwa ngamanzi ashisayo nesibulala-magciwane.
Ngemva kwenqubo yokuhlanza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-mosque yafafazwa ngamanzi e-rose, indlela yendabuko eyaqala enkathini yoMbuso Wase-Ottoman.
UFatih Yildiz, oyisikhulu sikamasipala esibhekele ukuhlanzwa, uthe i-mosque ihlanzwe neqembu labantu abangama-20, wathi, “Umsebenzi uzoqhubeka kuyo yonke iRamadan. Amanzi e-Rose azofafazwa e-mosque njalo ebusuku phakathi nenyanga engcwele. Inhloso wukuhlinzeka ngendawo yokukhulekela ehlanzekile ezakhamuzini ezivakashela leli mosque.”
I-"Mahya" enkulu - imibhalo ekhanyayo enamakhulu amalambu phakathi kwama-minarets anombhalo othi "La ilaha illallah" ("Akekho uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kuka-Allah") yalengiswa phakathi kwemigodi ye-Grand Mosque yaseHagia Sophia.
Isiko lamakhulu eminyaka likaMahya, elihlobisa ama-mosque ngenyanga engcwele yamaSulumane iRamadan, liqale ukulengiswa kuma-mosque e-Istanbul kusukela ngoMsombuluko.
UKahraman Yildiz, umphathi we-Mahya, waphawula: “Izinhlamvu ezinkulu zisendaweni yamaSulumane yaseHagia Sophia. Kunzima, kodwa kuwufanele umzamo, ngoba imibhalo ingafundwa ukusuka emashumini amamitha kude. Empeleni wubuciko futhi unzima, wumsebenzi onzima, kodwa ubukeka muhle kakhulu uma ubukeka.”
IHagia Sophia yakhiwa ngo-532. Yasebenza njengesonto iminyaka engu-916. Yaguqulwa yaba i-mosque ngo-1453 ngemva kokuthunjwa kwe-Istanbul.
Ngemuva kokusungulwa kweRiphabhulikhi yaseTurkey, lesi sakhiwo esingokomlando sasiyimnyuziyamu iminyaka engama-86, kodwa ngoJulayi 24, 2020, ngesinqumo sikaMongameli u-Erdogan, savulwa kabusha ngokusemthethweni ukuze sikhulekelwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque.
Ngo-1985 uHagia Sophia wafakwa ohlwini lwe-UNESCO lwamagugu omhlaba.
I-Hagia Sophia nayo iphakathi kwezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu izivakashi eTurkey futhi ihlala ivulekele izivakashi zasekhaya nezakwamanye amazwe.
Abavakashi bakhokha imali engama-euro angu-25 ngokuvakashela e-Hagia Sophia Illustrative Isithombe ngu-Meruyert Gonullu: https://www.pexels.com/photo/medieval-mosque-in-istanbul-city-6152260/
