Nicosia’s central Selimiye mosque reopened on Thursday after five years of renovations. The reopening ceremony was attended ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Russia and Turkey’s international religious influence relies on a specific national narrative – one that is challenged by the ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Dwight Moody being accepted into church membership, the election ...

It's known for its history as a Christian basilica for almost 1,000 years before becoming a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. Officials are now working to preserve the historic domes of the ...

his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922. To suggest to the world not only Islam’s superiority but also that the Ottomans were the true heirs of the Romans ...

After the toppling of Assad last December, headlines blared about Turkey’s intelligence chief praying at the famous Umayyad mosque in Damascus ... successor to the Ottoman empire.” ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

649 churches and monasteries were destroyed, 328 of which became mosques. One of the most terrible of these ... but the Assyrian and Chaldean Syriacs were also targeted by the Ottoman Empire. The ...

While Erdoğan consolidates power at home and prepares to project it abroad, he has set the stage for a clash with Israel.