Little Hagia Sophia Mosque, formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, is a former Greek Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, built between 532 and 536, and converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. Read More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia just days before the first Muslim prayer is scheduled to be held at the Istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque last week. ...
Special envoy to the Afghan president on economic development and poverty reduction, Yosuf Ghazanfar, has died from COVID-19, a presidential adviser told Sputnik on Saturday. ...