Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

The Blue Mosque is situated on the historic peninsula of Istanbul, near the Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace. It was built as a complex, comprising a mosque, a madrasa (religious school), a ...

Türkiye’s metropolitan Istanbul is also home to the country’s first six-minaret mosque, Blue Mosque. The mosque, called Sultanahmet Camii by Turks, was commissioned by Sultan Ahmet I in 1609 ...

Pope Benedict XVImade a special trip to Istanbul's Blue Mosque in Turkey on Thursday in a move seen as a conciliatory gesture toward Muslims as part of his visit to the predominantly Islamic country.

ISTANBUL: Istanbul’s Blue Mosque reopened fully on Friday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, following a restoration effort that began in 2018. Attending the mosque’s opening ...