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

The airport in the most visited city in the world is expanding its flights this summer, and tourists will soon be able to fly ...

The interior of the mosque is equally impressive, with its high ceilings, spacious prayer hall, and a large central dome. The walls are adorned with beautiful hand-painted blue tiles, giving the ...

Architecturally, the Blue Mosque, with its six minarets ... with exquisite floral and geometric motifs fill the 17th-century interior. As is the custom in mosques, you park your shoes at the ...

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

Then there is the Blue Mosque, an Ottoman-era temple just a short ... of harmoniously blended space and light we receive in the interior today should be supplemented in imagination by visualizing ...

A strong earthquake rattled Istanbul, Turkey, and neighboring regions, sending panicked people pouring into streets but apparently causing no major damage.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the earthquake lasted ... former residential building had collapsed in the historic ...