ISTANBUL — Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a decree converting Hagia Sophia, the former cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Istanbul, into a mosque. The presidential decree was signed within ...

ISTANBUL, July 24. /TASS/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the Hagia Sophia converted into a mosque to be open round-the-clock for Muslim worship starting on July 24, Istanbul Governor ...

ROME — The president of Greece called Pope Francis Monday urging the pope to advocate for the preservation of the status quo regarding Hagia Sophia, which is due to be reverted to a mosque this week.

Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The current status of Ayasofya as a museum complex not used for religious worship fully corresponds to the current legal framework, founded on the decision of 1934 with ...

Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Council of State, in a session put on the agenda for next Thursday 2 July, will consider opening the monumental complex of Ayasofya to Islamic worship again, ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday opening Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as a mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 government decree that had turned it into a ...

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s architectural wonder on the Bosporus, on July 24 was the scene of Friday prayers for the first time in over 80 years. Kısakürek (1904-1983) is not just any poet; arguably, he ...

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Converting Istanbul's Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be "unacceptable", a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday. Turkish President ...