Turkish inflation cooled to 2.96% on a monthly basis in February while the annual figure rose to 31.53%, largely as expected, ...

This week in Berlin, as the global travel industry gathers under one roof at ITB, Istanbul is stepping forward with ...

Research has identified the top European destinations where you can explore on foot without expensive taxis or confusing ...

The same report describes multiple underground “spaces” and linked tunnels in the western garden and northern (Vezir) garden areas. This isn’t the first time Hagia Sophia’s subterranean story has ...

Game of Thrones' star Iain Glen will swap Westeros for the real world as he narrates Noiser podcast 'Real Vikings'.

Maybe Restore and Reform are not the best people to speak up for Christianity. But if not them, then who will?

People break their fast after dusk during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside the iconic Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.(AP Photo/Emrah ...

This architect behind metro stations and the new airport has travelled the world drawing buildings and is determined to improve public spaces, no matter how small.

Hagia Sophia was one of several great churches originally built by Constantine, the first Christian emperor and founder of the city of Constantinople. For almost 1,000 years Hagia Sophia remained the ...

During Ramadan, Muslims are required to abstain from food and drink – among others – from sunrise to sunset. This means that ...

This video explores the Church of Hagia Sophia in Nicaea, the site of the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787, where Empress Irene and church leaders moved to end the iconoclast controversy. It traces ...

In his early career, Francis Spufford specialised in non-fiction. But his 2016 debut novel – Golden Hill, set in 18th century ...