A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

"We've waited for years to pray here" - the history of Hagia Sophia Crowds gathered in Istanbul as the historic Hagia Sophia site opened for Friday prayers for the first time since Turkish ...

No trip to Turkey is complete without entering the many magical mosques of the country, but don't go making any social gaffs ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted ...