If the Turks had not protected Hagia Sofia, it would have fallen a long time ago, a Greek Orthodox priest said. Evangelos Papanikolaou, the priest at Analipseos Church in Rafina near Athens, said in a speech that Turks protected many churches in Greece and did not close them. “Who would protect a massive building like Hagia Sofia? Turks did,” he said, adding that Turks never shut any churches in Crete ...