Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul, previously a museum for over 70 years, into a mosque, marking the second major conversion in recent months.

A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed five people near a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday. The 18-year-old ...

Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque A Muslim cleric walks along a former Byzantine church which formally opened as a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 6, 2024.

ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international ...

On July 2, the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, began reviewing a request by a group devoted to reverting Hagia Sophia to a mosque. The group is pressing to annul the 1934 ...

Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...

Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...