Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In mid-2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converted Istanbul's world-famous Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque.

Even if you are willing to spend 25 Euros to visit the tourist section of Hagia Sophia, you encounter a warning from officials stating, "Turks are not allowed in that section." With the new ...

Turkey on Monday started charging foreign tourists a hefty fee to visit Istanbul's famed sixth-century monument Hagia Sophia, which was controversially converted into a mosque in 2020. The new fee of ...

When Western tourists who are visiting Istanbul, Turkey, cruise into a port, many typically look for one particular landmark: the Hagia Sophia. Identifying the ancient temple, which has served as a ...

Turkey’s government hopes the new policies will help protect the 1,500-year-old landmark in Istanbul. Tunahan Turhan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Tourists hoping to visit the Hagia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hagia Sophia was built as a church over a Roman temple, and was subsequently converted into a mosque and then a museum. Since 2020 ...