Weeks after the historic return of Hagia Sophia to a mosque, another ancient house of worship in Istanbul is set to reopen for Muslim worship. The sixth-century Chora Museum, located in Istanbul's ...

FILE PHOTO: Turkish police officers stand guard on the top of the Kariye (Chora) museum in Istanbul ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of ...

ATHENS (XINHUA) - Turkey's decision to turn the Chora museum, a former Byzantine Greek Orthodox church, into a mosque is "totally condemnable," the Greek Foreign Ministry said on Friday (Aug 21).

Just a few weeks after Istanbul’s former Hagia Sophia museum returned to its original status as a mosque, the Chora museum, also known as the Kariye mosque, is following suit. The Chora dates back to ...

Turkey’s abrupt decision at the end of last year to cancel Islamic prayers at the Chora museum—built as a cathedral a millennium ago before becoming a mosque, then a museum—has cast doubt on ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Turkish police officers stand guard on the top of the Kariye (Chora) museum in Istanbul ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish ...