conquest of İstanbul

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Turkey’s top religious authority defends giving Hagia Sophia sermons while holding sword

August 11, 2020

Ali Erbaş, the head of the Diyanet, Turkey’s top religious authority, has defended delivering Friday sermons at the Hagia Sophia mosque while holding a...

Diplomacy

Erdoğan targets West: Some haven’t forgotten the pain of losing İstanbul

April 12, 2017

Continuing to target the West during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, President...

National

Erdoğan’s spokesman: Westerners never forgave Turks for conquest of Istanbul

January 14, 2017

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that Westerners have never forgiven the Turks for the conquest of İstanbul, the...