Hagia Sofia

Foreign tourists entering the former Orthodox Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will have to pay an entrance fee of 25 euros ($27) starting on Monday. Turkish nationals visiting for religious worship will continue to enter for free from...

The biggest Byzantine Basilica Cistern in Constantinople opens its doors once again after five years of renovation. For a long time, it was an unknown construction to the Ottoman residents of the city. By Dimosthenis Vasiloudis The Basilica Cistern is one...

Archbishop Elpidophoros issued a statement on the occasion of the first anniversary of the conversion of Hagia Sophia into an Islamic mosque.

A story on the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak's front page on Tuesday claimed that a recent decision by the Turkish Council of State could be used to convert the famous Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. The decision of the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid a symbolic visit on Wednesday to Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia and the Orthodox Seminary of Halki during the second day of his visit to Turkey. Tsipras refrained from making any statement to the assembled...

Turkish hackers claim they took down the website of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras; this is the news making its rounds on Turkish media. Turkish hacker group Aslan NeferTim says that "it is our duty to respond to Greece's reaction to...

May 29 marks the 56th anniversary of the siege and capture of the magnificent Christian Orthodox city of Constantinople, the eastern capital of the Roman Empire, to the forces led by the Ottoman Turkish Sultan, Mohammed (Mehmet) II. A...

Yesterday's town council of Nea Filadelfeia municipality in Athens, Greece, was interrupted violently when some 50 AEK FC fans stormed the council hall and attacked members of the municipal government who are against the completion of the project for the...

The Greek Foreign Ministry reacted over an eventual converting of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque, following statements from Turkish officials. The Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç especially expressed his hope to see Hagia Sophia Museum as a mosque,...