Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The protest, organized by the National Will Platform — a coalition of more than 300 pro-Palestinian and ...
Istanbul, once Byzantium and later Constantinople, stands as a city where millennia of history converge. Its streets echo with the footsteps of Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman pasts, each layer telling ...
At least six people have been killed and 81 wounded in an explosion in a busy area of central Istanbul, Turkish authorities have said. The blast happened at about 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) on ...