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 ...

Dr. Hasan Fırat Diker, of the Hagia Sophia Science Council, said they’ve studied Hagia Sophia’s underground structures for five years.

The secular opposition party that runs Istanbul has described the move ... A 45-year-old woman said she had always liked Hagia Sophia as a museum, but "always thought it was a cold building".

First, the Hagia Sophia is now a working mosque ... It's located between the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace Museum. Best of Istanbul: 1, 2 or 3-Day Private Guided Istanbul Tour (6714 reviews) ...

Museum admission fees can add up quickly (and most attractions actually charge tourists in Euros rather than Turkish lira).

The following museums in and around Istanbul are free of charge—not just on certain days of the week or for certain folks but ...

The Topkapi Palace Museum sits atop a promontory in Sultanahmet near the Basilica Cistern, the Hagia Sophia and the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. Multiple bus routes and the Bagcilar-Kabatas T1 ...

Described by Osterhaut as "second in renown only to Hagia Sophia among the Byzantine churches ... into a mosque in 1511 after the Turks conquered Istanbul. Since 1948, the building has been the Kariye ...

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 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul; Museum of Modern Art; James B. Duke House, New York University; C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul; Antica ...