"We've waited for years to pray here" - the history of Hagia Sophia Crowds gathered in Istanbul as the historic Hagia Sophia site opened for Friday prayers for the first time since Turkish ...

A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer ... paved the way for it to become a mosque. The sixth-century Istanbul landmark's museum status - in place for nearly a century ...

Now a museum, it has survived earthquakes, sieges and the rise and fall of empires. Yet Hagia Sophia still stands, the ancient jewel in the crown of Istanbul.