For thousands of years, Istanbul has marked the point where East meets West — a true crossroads of civilizations. Once known ...

Today’s Turkey is a melting pot of 20 or so ethnic groups and styles from the very traditional to the very latest ...

An excellent way to link these sights is by bicycle; rent a CitiBike and follow the curvy, paved promenade from leafy Lummus Park, up Ocean Drive, past the hot-pink lifeguard huts, to the best beach ...

I have visited three times. It is literally where East meets West and is a fantastic city to visit if you’re curious about the Middle East and Northern Africa but a bit unsure about scheduling a big ...

The earliest mosaic that we can see in the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, which is Greek for “Holy Wisdom ... Examples of these locations include the area above the Imperial Door, where emperors would ...

In its recent report, Open Doors says, "The government continues to target ... In July 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned the Hagia Sophia, an ancient Christian cathedral, from a ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

"Justinian dreamed of an entirely new kind of church," wrote Italian Renaissance scholar Frederick Hartt. And Justinian got exactly what he wanted. The bottom line is that the Hagia Sophia is ...