Originally built to serve as a cathedral, the Hagia Sophia was later converted into a mosque, then a museum, and then back to a mosque. In 537 A.D., the Hagia Sophia was originally built to become ...

After Hagia Sophia’s re-conversion to a mosque, the mosaics inside are again covered with white sheets, the Islamic roundels remain hanging, golden chandeliers light up the colossal space ...

When Hagia Sophia was declared a mosque, some major changes were proposed for the heritage ... The changes which are to be made through carpets and chandeliers are in violation of Articles 4 and 5 of ...

Comprehensive restoration works are underway at the Hagia Sophia Mosque. In the second phase of the restoration works, the facades of Hagia Sophia Mosque, the upper covering, and the Second ...

But it is now the latest structure to be converted back into a mosque by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following the conversion of Hagia Sophia in 2020. While viewed as a triumph by ...

One of these, Hagia Sophia ... woman to design a mosque in modern Turkey. The light-flooded interior features a futuristic gold and turquoise mihrab (prayer niche) and a chandelier of blown ...

Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 537, Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque with the 1453 Ottoman conquest of Istanbul. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding leader of the Turkish ...