Thousands gather around Hagia Sophia for first Friday prayers
Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since President Tayyip…
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Hagia Sophia becomes mosque after court ruling
President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul's Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on Friday after a top…
Turkish court weighs bid to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque
A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul back into a mosque…
U.S. urges Turkey to let Hagia Sophia remain a museum
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbul's former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia…
Warning: 12,000-year old town in Turkey will be flooded by dam in October
A historic town that is thousands of years old and 199 settlements are expected to be flooded in southeastern…
UNESCO Approval Needed to Change Hagia Sophia’s status: Greek Media
The Greek media has cited sources from UNESCO that changing the status of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage…
“Disrespectful Photo” Sparks Protest
A photo of a ballerina performing a sagittal split inside the Hagia Sophia museum has sparked elicited protest…