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Holy Icons Kept in Hagia Sophia Receive New Life after Restoration

Holly icons from Greek Orthodox churches across Turkey are brought to Hagia Sophia for restoration work in order to be exhibited at a new museum. According to a Daily Sabah report, Christian icons from various Byzantine churches across Turkey are...

Hagia Sophia Still Drawing the Crowds After 1450 Years

Data from Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry ranks Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as the country's second-most-visited monument this year, at a time when Turkish nationalists seek to turn this great monument of Christianity into a mosque. Topkapı Palace is Turkey most-visited monument, attracting 796,588 visitors, or 20% of...