Syriacs are an ethnic group historically settled in regions that now include modern-day Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Their ...

Turkey's oldest and most famous mosques are active places of worship for Muslims to this day. In Islam, every mosque is a house of God. The iconic mosques of Turkey have vast cultural and ...

One of Sultanahmet's lesser-known mosques is also one of its most beautiful. Designed by the famous Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan (who also designed the Süleymaniye Mosque) and completed ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s ...

Pope Francis on Sunday joined an international chorus of condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia landmark back into a mosque. “I think of Hagia Sophia ...

A clip that went viral on the X platform showed a woman sitting on the ground in the yard of the Prophet's Mosque, kneading raw Kofta, a popular meatball dish in Turkey. The video was taken by ...

on Sunday denounced an Islamophobic attack on a Turkish mosque in Denmark near the German border. "We expect the activities of racist groups with an Islamophobic mentality, which are increasing ...