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In fact, the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque attracts 50,000 visitors ... These mosques, despite being open to tourists, are not mere tourist attractions or museums, and visitors need to be cautious ...

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 ...

Hagia Sophia, a major tourist attraction, has been the scene of Islam-linked activities in recent years. In 2018, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan controversially recited a verse from the Quran in ...

Turkey on Monday started charging foreign tourists a hefty fee to visit Istanbul's famed sixth-century monument Hagia Sophia, which was controversially converted into a mosque in 2020. The new fee ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree ... It's also one of the biggest tourist draws in Istanbul. Visitors say this mosque ...

A massive 11.9% tourism surge? That’s what happens when you have the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia, Istanbul’s timeless Hagia Sophia, and Mediterranean beaches that make you forget your return ...

A magnet for tourists worldwide, the Hagia Sophia was first constructed 1,500 years ago as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire and it was there they crowned their emperors. It was ...

As Ramadan begins, Türkiye upholds its traditions of hospitality, cleanliness and charity, preparing mosques and public ...

Turkish authorities have sealed off a luxury spa run by a five-star Istanbul hotel that was set up by illegally modifying a 1 ...