Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, following a similar move with Hagia Sophia. Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque ...

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 ...

Ancient and breathtakingly beautiful, the most iconic mosques of Turkey are revered the world over for their architectural ...

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 ...

A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed five people near a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday. The 18-year-old ...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul as part of his working visit to Turkey on June 20 ...

A masked man wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed at least five people Monday outside a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, according to local media reports.

A masked man wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest on Monday stabbed at least five people outside a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, according to local media reports.