Ekrem Imamoglu, the Mayor of Istanbul's metropolitan municipality waves as he attends to the first stone ceremony of Turkey's first church in the modern history of the modern Republic in Istanbul's Yesilkoy district, on August 3, 2019. - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 3 laid a stone for Turkey's first new church in the history of the modern Republic during a groundbreaking ceremony in Istanbul. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
Ekrem Imamoglu, the Mayor of Istanbul's metropolitan municipality waves as he attends to the first stone ceremony of Turkey's first church in the modern history of the modern Republic in Istanbul's YeShow more

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