This collection of mansions has a privileged location a block from the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. At the centre of it all is a 19th-century elegant Ottoman wooden mansion, which served as the ...

It's also one of the biggest tourist draws in Istanbul. Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the ...

From tiled palaces to centuries-old markets, art galleries and colorful neighborhoods, here's a must-visit guide to Türkiye's ...

Hagia Sofia Mansions, Curio Collection locations, rates, amenities: expert Istanbul research, only at Hotel and Travel Index.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul's sixth-century iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open to Muslim worship, hours after a high court ...

The historical Hagia Sophia in Istanbul marked the third anniversary of its reopening as a mosque on Monday. Ali Erbas, the head of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), led the ...

Muslims offer their prayers outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Thursday, July 23, 2020, a day before the first Muslim prayers in the landmark ...

Seraffettin was at home under coronavirus ­lockdown on May 29 when a Muslim cleric recited Quranic verses atop a carpeted dais inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum. But the imam’s reading ...

"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 ...

ISTANBUL: Fulfilling a dream of his Islamic-oriented youth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshippers on Friday for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside Hagia ...