George Aslan, a member of parliament for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding reports that the historic Ani Cathedral, a ...

ALBAWABA - A social media video that showed two young ladies entering a mosque while wearing imam robes and doing twerks within the hallowed building has caused a great deal of indignation in Turkey.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Despite being the home of extravagant and iconic Islamic architecture, mosques in Turkey are increasingly missing one of their core elements - worshippers. A recent study ...

Turkey Arrests Masked Teenager For 5 Mosque Stabbings Wearing a helmet, a face covering and bulletproof vest, the attacker stabbed 5 people sitting in a mosque garden, leaving two in critical ...

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.

Visitors tour Kariye Mosque, formerly Chora Church, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 10. (RNS photo/David I. Klein) Chora’s opening as the Kariye Mosque comes just weeks after Erdoğan’s Justice and ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Muslim worshippers at the mosque on Friday said they viewed Chora Church's rededication as an Islamic site to be a national win for Turkey.

Ancient site was a museum before its conversion to mosque and is United Nations-protected monument revered for its mosaic masterpieces ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim ...

A Muslim cleric walks along a former Byzantine church which formally opened as a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 6, 2024. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer ...