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Pompeo urges Turkish gov’t to let Hagia Sophia remain a museum: report

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let İstanbul’s former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum, a day...

Erdoğan will allow court to decide fate of Hagia Sophia as mosque or museum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is waiting for a decision from the Council of State regarding the conversion of the historic...

‘Godless, atheist’ Kurdish party members ‘fired bullets at mosque’: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), “a team of godless, atheists, nonbelievers” in his words,...

Hagia Sophia to investigate after photo of dancer doing the splits surfaces on social media

İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum administration has announced it launched an investigation after a photo of a ballerina doing the splits inside the historic building...

Imam announces candidacy for ruling party mayor in mosque

İmdat Atmaca, an imam in the Ayvacık district of northern Samsun province, announced at the end of Friday prayers last week that he was...

Cologne bans rally at mosque opening by Erdoğan over security concerns

The German city of Cologne has refused to allow a major rally in the city on Saturday on the occasion of the opening of...

Erdoğan says he will address Turkish community in Cologne

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will speak to Turkish expatriates on the occasion of a mosque opening in Cologne during a...

Top court rejects application demanding opening of Hagia Sophia to Muslim prayer

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application which claimed that failing to open the country’s historic Hagia Sophia museum to Muslim prayer violates freedom...

AKP hosts fast-breaking dinner at mosque in Konya

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently held a fast-breaking dinner at a mosque in the central Turkish province of Konya in a...

Ex-President Gül to announce decision on presidential candidacy on Saturday

Amid ongoing debates as to whether he will run for the presidency in Turkey's June 24 presidential election, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has...

Report: Diyanet mosque in Germany set on fire

Berlin’s Kocasinan Mosque, managed by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), part of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), was set on fire...

Investigation launched into imam questioning donations to mosques

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into an imam who in a video message on social media three months ago raised questions about donations...

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