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Wikipedia's first sentence called it "medieval greek orthodox church building". Today it says "byzantine church". The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read "Medieval Greek Orthodox church/museum/mosque in Istanbul, Turkey Front view of Kariye Mosque". It now reads "Medieval church and mosque in Istanbul Exterior rear Front". We saved the article's opening at 5 moments between October 6, 2023 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Medieval Greek Orthodox church/museum/mosque in Istanbul, Turkey Front view of Kariye Mosque The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque ( ) is a medieval Greek Orthodox church building , mostly used as a mosque since the 16th century, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul , Turkey .¹ It is mainly famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos .² The building is an example of Byzantine architecture .³ In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, it was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1945, and was turned back into a mosque in 2020 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The interior of the building is covered with some of the finest surviving Byzantine Christian mosaics and frescoes , which were left in plain sight during Muslim worship throughout much of the Ottoman era. They were restored after the building was secularized and turned into a museum. The neighborhood is situated in the western part of the municipality of Fatih district.⁴ Hürriyet Daily News . 21 August 2020 . "Has Turkey halted plans to turn Chora museum into a mosque?" . 11 January 2021.

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Savior in Chora ( Turkish Kariye Müzesi , Kariye Camii , or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church ) is considered to be one of the most beautiful examples of a Byzantine church . The church is situated in the western, Edirnekapı district of Istanbul . In the 16th century, the church was converted into a mosque by the Ottoman rulers , and it became a secularised museum in 1948. The interior of the building is covered with fine mosaics and frescoes .

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Front view of Chora Church The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora ( — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church) is considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church . The church is situated in Istanbul , in the Edirnekapı neighborhood, which lies in the western part of the municipality ( belediye ) of Fatih . In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the church was converted into a mosque and, finally, it became a museum in 1948. The interior of the building is covered with fine mosaics and frescoes . Constantinople; Church of the Chora; [exterior full-view with a man and his goat in the foreground].

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Front view of Chora Church The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora ( ; ) is a medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church preserved as the Chora Museum in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul . The neighborhood is situated in the western part of the municipality ( belediye ) of the Fatih district. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the church was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1948, though is to be reconverted to a mosque. The interior of the building is covered with some of the oldest and finest surviving Byzantine mosaics and frescoes ; they were uncovered and restored after the building was secularized and turned into a museum.

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Medieval Greek Orthodox church/mosque in Istanbul, Turkey Exterior rear Front The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque ( Turkish : Kariye Camii ) is a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque (for the second time), in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul , Turkey . It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos . In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, it was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1945, and was turned back into a mosque in 2020 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The interior is covered with some of the finest surviving Byzantine Christian mosaics and frescoes , which were left in plain sight during Muslim worship throughout much of the Ottoman era. They were restored after the building was secularized and turned into a museum. The church in the western Fatih district of İstanbul. It stands on sedimentary layers and anthropogenic infills on a slope descending towards the north. It is oriented east-west, as are typical Byzantine churches throughout the city. Hürriyet Daily News . 21 August 2020 . "Has Turkey halted plans to turn Chora museum into a mosque?" . 11 January 2021.

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