Ukrainian Man Pretends to Pray to Enter Hagia Sophia for Free
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A Ukrainian tourist was caught on video pretending to perform Muslim prayer to avoid paying the $28 entrance fee at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The historic site, originally built as a church by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, was converted into a mosque in 1453 after the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II.
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