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.

Chora’s opening as the Kariye Mosque comes just weeks after Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered its ...

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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 ...

Nestled within Istanbul's historic Fatih district by the Golden Horn, Istanbul University and the Grand Bazaar, Süleymaniye Mosque is considered one of the city's most impressive Ottoman mosques.

A Turkish court has delayed a decision on whether the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque. The Council of State - Turkey's highest administrative body - said it would make a ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Turkey’s president traveled Thursday to Albania’s capital to inaugurate a Turkish-funded mosque with 50-meter-high (160-foot-high) minarets as part of a trip to boost ...

A 37-year-old man from Turkey was arrested hours later; the Dutch justice minister said it is unclear what… The shocking massacre of 50 people attending Friday prayers at mosques in Christchurch ...

The Dagestani can be seen enjoying himself in Turkey, with one picture showing him spending time at the world-famous Hagia Sophia Mosque. During his UFC run, Nurmagomedov captured the lightweight ...

TIRANA, Albania — Turkey’s president traveled Thursday to Albania’s capital to inaugurate a Turkish-funded mosque with 50-meter-high (160-foot-high) minarets as part of a trip to boost ties ...