The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving ...

When Western tourists who are visiting Istanbul, Turkey, cruise into a port ... Then there is the Blue Mosque, an Ottoman-era temple just a short walk from the famous landmark, followed by ...

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The building was converted to a museum by Turkey's secular republic more than 70 years ago but turned back into a mosque by President ... a large earthquake, in a country criss-crossed by fault ...

Scaffolds are installed in Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque for restoration work, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Emrah Gurel Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in ...

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