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 ...

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

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 ...

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 that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s ...

Just across from Hagia Sophia stands the Blue Mosque, another architectural marvel ... when the light is soft and the crowds are thin. The interior, with its vast prayer hall and intricate ...