opened in 537 ad, the aya sophia remains a seed of beauty, when faati the ottoman sacked europe.until the new republic of turkey, in 1934, turned it into a museum and banned all overt worship both christian and muslim. >> that was enough for him to imagine it as belonging to none of those faiths. but to the entire world. to the citizens of istanbul and to the visitors. >> asatook wanted a modernizing secular state, free from the dictates of religion. but there are greg feeling that his views are no longer right for modern turkey. calling for it to be opened as a last place of worship but own as a mosque. >> this has been in hands since 1443. it shouldn't be plit sized, just because aya sophia is not just for turkz. >> priessments prime minister says he's hopeful for a change in, decades of secular rule turkz discovered did not defend human rights enough but more human rights also means the freedom to be much more religious. there is no doubt about the symbolic significance for what's being proposed for aya sophia, that would make it one of the top five mosks in the world along wi