Thus, the vision for the Süleymaniye Mosque was born—intended as a tribute not just to a single individual, but to the Ottoman Empire’s enduring legacy. This mosque would be Sultan Suleiman ...

U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President Donald Trump, as the Pentagon prepared to send more troops to the southern ...

ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and ...

Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

lasted another millennium until the Turkish Ottoman Empire captured Athens in 1458. The new Muslim rulers converted the Parthenon to a mosque, but according to written accounts from the mid-1600s ...

The church was converted to a mosque when Nicosia was taken by the Ottoman Empire in 1570, and minarets were added the same year. It remained the largest mosque in Cyprus until the Hala Sultan ...

An exploration of the Ottoman Empire's rich history ... She visits a historic mosque and uncovers the origins of Turkish delight. Alice also catches a train across the Taurus Mountains to Konya ...

The city was the capital of the Ottoman Empire after Bursa but before Istanbul and as such, is packed with sites of historical significance, including the UNESCO-listed Selimiye Mosque and the ...