Historic domes of Hagia Sophia being renovated to protect landmark from earthquakes

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(13 Apr 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Istanbul, Turkey - 13 April 2025 1. Wide interior of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque 2. Mid interior of the mosque 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Wegerif, Lecturer at Cambridge University: ++STARTS ON SHOT 2, PARTIALLY COVERED BY 4, 5 AND 6++ "Hagia Sophia is amazing, it’s one of the world’s most important monuments, with so much history and resonance, so it seems really important that they are going to strengthen it in case of earthquakes and