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Explore the dramatic rise of Hagia Sophia as Emperor Justinian transforms the ruins of Constantinople’s greatest church into a marvel of Roman engineering. From the deadly Nika riots that left 30,000 ...

Step inside the awe-inspiring Hagia Sophia to uncover its massive dome, golden mosaics, and imperial galleries. Discover the stories behind empresses, emperors, and sacred relics, from the healing ...

Eighty-five years after Kemal Ataturk's bold decision to designate the Hagia Sophia a museum, a symbol of a newly secular Turkey moving beyond its Ottoman past, the call to prayer will once again be ...

A number of marble tiles on the floor of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was turned back into a mosque in 2020 after serving as a historical museum for decades, have reportedly been cracked by ...

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ANKARA, TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshippers Friday for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, after a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President ...

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshippers Friday for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, after a controversial high court ...