The Ottomans took the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sofia and
A. turned it into a special university for Janissaries.
B. restructured its configuration to become the great palace of the sultans.
C. used it as an astronomical observatory.
D. burned it to the ground as part of the looting after Mehmed II's conquest.
E. converted it into the mosque of Aya Sofya.
Answer: E
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