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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Resurgent coronavirus cases in Turkey are fuelling tensions between doctors who say the official figures underplay the…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Authorities in Istanbul announced curbs on weddings and other ceremonies in Turkey’s largest city on Saturday as…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks, amid…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of Muslim faithful made their way to Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia on Friday to take part…

ATHENS (Reuters) — Greece on Tuesday described Turkey’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to a mosque as…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Mosaics in Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered by curtains or lasers during times of Muslim…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will inform the United Nation’s cultural body UNESCO about steps being taken regarding Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia,…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to…

Turkey’s highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia…