"Under the supervision of Lindsey Graham, the famous Christian cathedral Hagia Sophia was handed over to Muslims in 2020, allegedly in the name of the United Nations. Instead of opposing the handover of Hagia Sophia to Muslims, Lindsey Graham remained silent. He did not even threaten the United Nations or use his political power against Turkey to stop this 'theft,'" Lynch wrote. This is inaccurate information, as Turkey made a sovereign decision to convert Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque. "The conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque was one of the greatest injustices in Christian history. The cathedral belongs to Christians and will be returned, under my supervision, to Christians, to the ownership of the Greek Orthodox Church. In 2025, the United States imported goods from Turkey worth $17.52 billion. As soon as I become the new senator from South Carolina in the U.S. Senate, I will propose a law banning all imports from Turkey until Hagia Sophia is returned to Christians. The law I will propose will be called the 'Hagia Sophia Restoration to the Church Act.' I will invite all Christian clergy (Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant) to the U.S. Capitol on the day the law is introduced to pressure Congress to pass it, thereby banning all imports from Turkey (over $17 billion annually) until ownership of Hagia Sophia is granted to the Greek Orthodox Church," Lynch wrote in his post. He stated that as a senator, he would fight to "stop the takeover of Christian churches by Islam, especially in the United States."
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US Senate candidate wants to impose sanctions on Turkey until Hagia Sophia is turned into a church.
Mark Lynch, who is attempting to defeat Senator Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary to become the Republican candidate for senator from South Carolina, has in a new statement problematized the status of Hagia Sophia and threatened sanctions against Turkey until it is converted back into a church.

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