Hagia Sophia, a major tourist attraction, has been the scene of Islam-linked activities in recent years. In 2018, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan controversially recited a verse from the Quran in ...

While congratulating Erdogan on reopening of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as mosque, Dr. Arif Alvi reiterated Pakistan's steadfast support to Turkey. Prime Minister Imran Khan also felicitated President ...

While the Syrian developments with takeover of power by the rebel groups benefited a number of regional and international ...

Erdogan, who celebrated the reopening from Ankara, ordered its conversion in August 2020 – a month after reopening the former historical basilica of the Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed government officials to conduct a study on how to convert Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia Byzantine-era cathedral, currently a museum, into a ...

Last May, the same Council gave Erdogan the greenlight to turn the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. The Kariye Camii Museum is located in Fatih, Istanbul’s most populous and religiously conservative ...

In July 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned the Hagia Sophia, an ancient Christian cathedral, from a museum into a mosque, undoing its transformation in 1934 from a mosque to a ...

Türkiye 's interior minister on Sunday pledged to fully apply a law to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets in the ...

“The swimming and spa centre near the Hagia Sophia mosque... was sealed off by teams from the Fatih municipality in line with a decision by its preservation committee,” a municipal official sai ...

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has been developing a new robotic system designed to automate ...

Days of our Lives has pulled another casting switcheroo within the teen scene. There is a new Sophia in town less than a year after the character debuted. Madelyn Kientz, who originated the role ...

"We must be prepared for every potential scenario and manage and direct events in our region in a way that benefits our country," Erdogan said while addressing an iftar event at the presidential c ...