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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mosque has six minarets 64 meters high, huge domes 24 meters in diameter, and more than 400 years of history. It is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Islamic and world architecture.

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 ...

Scaffolds are installed in Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque for restoration work, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Emrah Gurel Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in ...

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 ...