Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said Tuesday, after a court ruling...
Mosaics in İstanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia will be covered by curtains or lasers during Muslim prayers, the spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reassured his Russian counterpart on the protection of artwork sacred to Christians inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia after...
European Union foreign ministers on Monday criticized Turkey for several reasons, including energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters and changing the status of Hagia...
Turkey will inform the United Nation’s cultural body UNESCO about steps being taken regarding Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday,...
Pope Francis on Sunday said he was “very saddened” over Turkey’s decision to convert the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, according to...
