While the world watched Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia undergo its most dramatic transformation in decades during July 2020 ...

One of the world's top city break destinations will be getting new flights from a London airport - making it even easier to visit some of the world's most incredible landmarks.

ISTANBUL, June 27. /TASS/. Turkish historian and professor Ilber Ortayli has called for restricting tourists and worshippers' access to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (formerly the Church of ...

Hagia Sophia, with a history of 1,500 years hosting different religions, will now be reconverted from a museum into a mosque. This recent shift after a Turkish court decree has sparked extensive ...

For nearly 1,500 years, the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque has stood as a symbol of resilience in Istanbul, enduring the rise and fall of empires, powerful earthquakes and the passage of time. Yet, with ...

The Hagia Sophia, a cathedral, museum and mosque at different points in time, is now undergoing its most extensive restoration since the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923.

A view of the 1486-year-old Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, undergoing the largest and most comprehensive restoration process in history, in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 14, 2025. ‘Our goal is to ...

Answer to „Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazarr, Blue Mosque” in Cookie Jam. Solve this puzzle with us Source: image by ChatGPT. It’s Saturday and our beloved match-3 game, Cookie Jam, received some fresh ...

At 4 pm Friday (1 pm GMT), Turkish television announced that the country’s top administrative court cleared the way for the Basilica of Saint Sophia to be restored as a mosque. ANKARA: At 4 pm Friday ...

Beneath the magnificent structure of Hagia Sophia, an architectural masterpiece, a vigorous excavation and restoration effort is underway to reveal its long-hidden underground tunnels and passageways.

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