Turkey's Little Hagia Sophia, a church which was converted into a mosque, received thousands of tourists every year prior to the pandemic.. The architectural marvel situated in the Guzelyurt ...

The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries the city's architectural jewel has gone from church to mosque to museum, back to mosque again. When it was first ...

A miniature version of the better-known Hagia Sophia, this church-turned-mosque is located below its larger counterpart close to the Marmara Sea coast. Built in the 6th century by emperor ...

Hagia Sophia remains serene, the wisdom of ages keeping itself to itself, unmoved by human passions and controversy. It has endured for 1,500 years and no doubt will do so for a good few more.

In converting the Hagia Sophia to a mosque, Mr. Erdogan has assumed the weighty responsibility of a custodian of one of the world’s cultural landmarks. He ought not be allowed to forget that.

Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, ... ABEL: The guard pops the balloon while Bissera's wearing little clip-on microphones right near her ears. So the balloon pops.

Hagia Sophia is so admired in the Islamic world, it becomes the classic model for mosques throughout the Ottoman Empire. ... This is a little bit frightening, but it needs to be done.

Hagia Sophia’s rededication as a Muslim place of worship, ... “That little balloon pop brings back all the information about the material and the size of the space,” Mr. Abel said.

The Greek president’s call came after reports that President Erdoğan had invited Pope Francis to be a guest at the July 24 ceremony reopening Hagia Sophia as the Ayasofya Mosque.

Hagia Sophia remained a cathedral for the Byzantine Empire until 1453, when it served as a mosque following the Ottoman capture of Constantinople, today's Istanbul, for nearly five centuries.

Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage Site and Turkey's most visited landmark, "constantly has problems", Hasan Firat Diker, an architecture professor working on the restoration, told AFP.