Istanbul is a city that reveals itself on its own terms for travelers who invest the time and energy to unpeel its many ...

Erdogan's order is based on a ruling by the State Council in November 2019 according to which using the building as a museum was "against the law". Last May, the same Council gave Erdogan the ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of Thomas Goodwin, the adoption of the Gregorian ...

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted ...

Credit: Navitas Spa Sarnic Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa that was set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The spa, originally an ...

"The swimming and spa centre near the Hagia Sophia mosque... was sealed off by teams from the Fatih municipality in line with a decision by its preservation committee," a municipal official told AFP.

Just steps away from the historic Hagia Sophia, a 1,500-year-old cistern—once a crucial part of the city’s water supply system—was illegally converted into a luxury spa center, triggering ...

after a thorough examination supervised by the archaeological team of the Hagia Sophia Museum,’ he stressed. The sections under the colonnaded courtyard are believed to have been built at the same ...

After tying the knot in 1957, Carlo Ponti promised Sophia Loren "the most beautiful house in the world," which he found in Marino, Italy, just outside of Rome. A lavish 16th-century mansion ...