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

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical ... It then served as a mosque from 1453 until 1935, before becoming a secular ...

Four acres of golden glass cubes—millions of them—studded the interior to form a glittering ... demand the reconsecration of Hagia Sophia as a mosque, a position once espoused by Turkey's ...

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 ...

Hagia Sophia was a cathedral for nearly 1,000 years before being converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1935. Diyanet said in a statement on Tuesday that the Christian icons in Hagia ...

After being used as an interfaith museum from 1935, Hagia Sophia was controversially reclassified as a practicing mosque in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Read about the most interesting places in Istanbul. Сontents ・Blue Mosque ・Hagia Sophia ・Basilica Cistern ・Topkapi Palace ・Galata Tower ・Süleymaniye Mosque ・Dolmabahce Palace The ...