Turkish President Erdoğan ordered Aug. 21 that Chora Church, a much-visited site in the Fatih district of Istanbul, be turned into a mosque and opened for Muslim worship. Interior and ancient mosaic ...

The Hagia Sophia is a major historical monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Istanbul, Turkey. The sixth-century architectural masterpiece is famous for reflecting the various religious ...

Addressing to the parliament, HDP MP Garo Paylan has asked about the Hagia Sophia Church in Trabzon being destroyed and turned into a mosque In the parliamentary question Paylan has submitted to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since the reversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, the Muslim call to prayer has been resounding from its minarets.

The world’s once greatest cathedral is now a mosque. On July 10, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the conversion of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after a ...

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s architectural wonder on the Bosporus, on July 24 was the scene of Friday prayers for the first time in over 80 years. Kısakürek (1904-1983) is not just any poet; arguably, he ...

WASHINGTON — The government of Syria plans to build a replica of Hagia Sophia, with support from Russia, as a protest against Turkey’s decision to turn the famous former Byzantine cathedral back into ...

ISTANBUL — Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muslims pray during Friday prayers at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, near the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, ...