The Hagia Sophia, constructed during the Byzantine era, had been hiding seven tunnels that were part of a network connecting ...

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 of ...

STORY: Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia is about to undergo one of its biggest repairs as Turkey begins restoring and reinforcing the dome on the nearly 1,500-year-old structure. Experts say the project will ...

Few buildings, including culturally significant places of worship, have a history as rich and complicated as the Hagia Sophia. First erected in the 6th century C.E., the structure has variously been ...

Hundreds of worshippers filled the narrow streets of Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday to hear the sounds of Friday prayers ringing out from the newly inaugurated Kariye Mosque. Once known as the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has begun a new phase ...