One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

Following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Istanbul earlier this spring, the reinforcement and restoration of the celebrated ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding leader of the Turkish republic, converted it into a museum in 1934. Although an annex to Hagia Sophia, the sultan’s pavilion, has been open to prayers since ...

The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries the city's architectural jewel has gone from church to mosque to museum, back to mosque again. But the latest ...

Whether Hagia Sophia should be a mosque or a museum is still debated. While some argue it should be converted back to a museum and never used for worship, others, like urban researcher Kaya ...