Halfeti, in southeastern Turkey, was one of several towns and villages to be intentionally flooded when the Birecik Dam was built in 2000. But residents still live in the half-submerged town ...

The investigation led by South Korea into December's fatal Jeju Air crash has uncovered "clear evidence" that the pilots shut down the less-damaged engine following a bird strike, a source familiar ...

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Experts say the claim that Ani was the site of the first Friday prayer in Anatolia, the basis for plans to convert it into a mosque, is not supported by conclusive historical evidence.

It has been five years since the presidential decree was issued to reopen Hagia Sophia as a mosque, reversing its status as a museum determined in a 1934 Cabinet decision. Following the conquest of ...

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Istanbul (AsiaNews) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned Hagia Sophia and Chora, Istanbul's two famous former Christian basilicas, into mosques again after they had been repurposed as ...

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