With a rich history dating back thousands of years, Istanbul is chock-full of architectural marvels. One such wonder is the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque as it is known to locals. The Blue ...

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Sultan Ahmet Square in Istanbul, target of the bombing that killed at least 10 people Tuesday, has a history that goes back at least 17 centuries, predating the city’s days as capital of the Byzantine ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip as pope will take him to Iznik (Nicaea), Türkiye, to mark a landmark anniversary for ...

In the town of Khulm, near the epicenter, people dug through the rubble of collapsed mud brick homes with shovels and picked through debris to salvage what belongings they could.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis prayed silently alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, in a gesture of inter-religious harmony in a country bordering the conflicts ...

On the third day of his pastoral visit to Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI visited the historic Cathedral-turned-museum Hagia Sofia, one of the most important symbols of the country, as well as the Blue ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Benedict XVI slipped out of his red Prada loafers and padded in white slippered feet across the carpeted floor of Istanbul’s revered Blue Mosque on Thursday, in only the second ...

The centuries-old Blue Mosque site, one of Afghanistan's most revered religious landmarks, is a major gathering place during Islamic and cultural festivals.