Photographer Charlotte Schmitz captured intimate portraits of life and love in the city's diverse Balat neighborhood.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A state attorney on Thursday recommended that Turkey’s highest administrative court reject a request that Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia, which now serves as museum, be turned ...

Two University of California Davis faculty gave commentaries on the conversion of the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque last month, both finding that the change represents the loss of an important ...

Fatih Macoglu on the campaign trail in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul - Copyright AFP BULENT KILIC Fatih Macoglu on the campaign trail in the Kadikoy district of ...

ISIS calls Turkey for “jihad” and shared a video “Help Muslims, fight against atheists.” The video’s main plot is “conquering of Istanbul.” Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shared a Turkish ...

Fatih Macoglu on the campaign trail in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul — BULENT KILIC Fatih Macoglu, the popular "Communist Mayor" of a city in eastern Turkey, is now vying for control of a vibrant ...

An aerial view of the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Saturday, April 25, 2020. The 6th-century building is now ...