STORY: Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia is about to undergo one of its biggest repairs as Turkey begins restoring and reinforcing the dome on the nearly 1,500-year-old structure. Experts say the project will ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument's historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.

ISTANBUL – Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument's historic domes from the threat of ...

Hundreds of worshippers filled the narrow streets of Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday to hear the sounds of Friday prayers ringing out from the newly inaugurated Kariye Mosque. Once known as the ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is set to begin restoration and reinforcement work on the dome of the Hagia Sophia, in one of the biggest repair projects carried out on the 1,486-year-old structure, ...

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE ...

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the ...