Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia ...

A woman takes a picture with mobile phone outside the Hagia Sophia on Thursday 2 July ... creating tensions between Christians and Muslims. Greece’s government spokesman Stelios Petsas welcomed ...

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Australia's Diaspora has expressed its disappointment regarding the conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque ... and the president of the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria, Bill ...

The oldest churches have stood as some of the most awe-inspiring structures in human history, preserving the legacies of ...

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical significance. Built between 532 and 537, the building was a church for nearly a ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

including the celebrations in Greece marking the 200th anniversary of its War for Independence. Apart from that, Putin and Mitsotakis "focused on the change of the status of Hagia Sophia cathedral ...

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