ISTANBUL, June 27. /TASS/. Turkish historian and professor Ilber Ortayli has called for restricting tourists and worshippers' access to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (formerly the Church of ...

The world watches and hopes not only for an end to hostilities but also for the preservation of Isfahan’s enduring cultural ...

The third and final stop of our European vacation was Turkey. When my kids, Gabbie and Paolo, and I were planning our trip, I ...

Closed for centuries to outsiders, Moulay Idriss is a sacred place bathed in colour and tradition – and it makes a welcome ...

The proposed Darul Khair Centre will have prayer halls, a gym, offices, a lounge, a classroom, a multipurpose hall and kitchen facilities.

The Blue Mosque, distinguished as the first six-minaret mosque of Ottoman architecture and magnificently situated across from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul’s historic peninsula, was opened for worship ...

A true masterpiece of Ottoman architecture, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul was constructed between 1609 and 1616, envisioned by the visionary Sultan Ahmed I. Its breathtaking design boasts blue-colored ...

More than 165,000 square meters of white marble from Macedonia cover the mosque's exterior domes, minarets, and walls. Inside, Italian marble is used extensively, while the vast courtyard (Sahan ...

Soar over the majestic Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) in Istanbul, where six elegant minarets and cascading domes rise above the historic skyline, captured in stunning drone footage that ...

Since the early 1600s, the Blue Mosque has been quite the sight to behold, with an array of domes, semidomes and minarets (or narrow towers). It's also one of the biggest tourist draws in Istanbul.