Turkey's highest administrative court overturned the 1934 decree in 2020, allowing it to reopen as a mosque. “We have completed our work on the four minarets and the main structure,” Okten said.

Historic Domes of Hagia Sophia Are Renovated to Protect the Landmark From ... framework while worship continues uninterrupted in the mosque. A newly installed tower crane on the eastern façade ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument's historic domes from the threat ...