Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453. In 1934 it became a museum and is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Islamists in Turkey long called for it to be ...

A Turkish court has delayed a decision on whether the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque. The Council of State - Turkey's highest administrative body - said it would make a ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors ... “There is no obstacle from a religious perspective to Hagia Sophia Mosque being open to visitors outside prayer times,” the statement added.

A massive march involving hundreds of thousands of people took place on the first day of 2025 in Istanbul in solidarity with ...

No trip to Turkey is complete without entering the many magical mosques of the country, but don't go making any social gaffs ...

Istanbul, Turkey - The mosque will retain its Christian icons but these will be curtained off, the religious authority Diyanet says. Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer ...

While Hagia Sophia, a microcosm of the city’s history ... Fadıllıoğlu - reportedly the first woman to design a mosque in modern Turkey. The light-flooded interior features a futuristic ...

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In 2020, the building once again became a working mosque. Once the biggest cathedral in the world, the Hagia Sophia is considered the magnum opus of Byzantine architecture. Visitors say it is a ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s ...

Pope Francis on Sunday joined an international chorus of condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia landmark back into a mosque. “I think of Hagia Sophia ...