Turkey names 3 imams, including professor, for Hagia Sophia

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Three imams have been appointed for the Hagia Sophia as Turkey prepares for the first Muslim prayers in the Istanbul landmark in 86 years following its conversion back into a mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled join hundreds of worshipers Friday for prayers inside the former Byzantine cathedral that became a mosque with the 1453 Muslim conquest of Istanbul and then a museum in 1934. Erdogan issued a decree restoring the iconic 6th century building as a