The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque—Istanbul’s iconic marvel of Byzantine architecture—boasts centuries of religious and cultural ...

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Hagia Sophia was the physical embodiment of imperial power: now it was his. He declared that it was to be protected and was immediately to become a mosque. Calling for an imam to recite the call ...

Hagia Sophia will become an Islamic place of worship once again. On Friday, a Turkish court ruled that the iconic religious monument can be restored as a mosque after nearly nine decades of it ...

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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 ...

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Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree ... as well as must-visit locales like the Grand Bazaar and the Basilica Cistern.

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