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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a decree converting Hagia Sophia, the former cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Istanbul, into a mosque. The presidential decree was signed within ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul's sixth-century iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open to Muslim worship, hours after a high court ...

A Womacks takes photos of the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, an UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Friday, July 10 ...

Muslims pray during Friday prayers at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, near the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, background, Friday, July 24, 2020. Thousands of Muslim faithful surrounded ...

Armenian patriarch surprisingly backs President Erdoğan’s position, asking also for Christian prayer at famous former church. Update (July 10): Turkey’s high court and president have approved the ...

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 ...

On Friday, the museum status of the Hagia Sophia, one of the most famous examples of Byzantine architecture, was annulled so that the building could once again function as a mosque. It was a decision ...