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People visit Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) People visit Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday ...

Soar over the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, in this awe-inspiring aerial journey. This stunning drone footage ...

Under the Byzantines, Hagia Sophia became the hub of Orthodox Christianity and the last standing symbol of their empire. But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) ...

An aerial drone photo taken on April 14, 2025 shows Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Trkiye. Trkiye on Monday started the first-ever comprehensive restoration work on ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck the city of Istanbul, with Turkish media reporting emergency teams being dispatched ...

Pope Francis’ death at age 88 has sparked deep sorrow in the northwestern Turkish town of Iznik, where the pontiff had been ...

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia prepares for next big quake 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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Turkey has commenced the first comprehensive restoration of the iconic Hagia Sophia's dome in Istanbul, starting on Monday, April 14, 2025. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri ...

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 ...

renovation is a must," said Abdullah Yilmaz, a guide. Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage Site and Turkey's most visited landmark, "constantly has problems", Hasan Firat Diker, an architecture ...