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.

Abandoned for tens of years, a centuries-old wooden mosque was restored to serve for worship and touristic purposes in Turkey’s Black Sea region.

Turkey’s largest and newest mosque was officially inaugurated Friday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of ...

Nestled in the historic Istanbul neighbourhood of Edirnekapi, the Kariye Mosque, formerly known as the Chora Museum, and before that as the Chora Church, stands as a testament to the city’s ...

News Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism? Traditionally linked to secular republicanism, Turkish nationalism may be changing with Erdogan’s Ottoman-inspired mosque.

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.

Trustees from a mosque are providing aid in Turkey one year after a devastating earthquake hit the country. Banbury Madni mosque in Oxfordshire has been involved in assisting communities affected ...

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 ...

A Muslim community leader has told how his mosque received a hate-filled letter saying "sorry that more Muslims didn’t die" in the terrible earthquakes that has hit Turkey and Syria. More than ...

Turkey arrests teenager for stabbing attack at mosque Eighteen-year-old injured at least five people at random, reportedly under the influence of a video game.

The devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria have damaged several centuries-old historic sites, including at least three iconic mosques that held significance for ...