At the heart of corner shops and a busy district lies Istanbul's first mosque, built in 717 by a Muslim army which arrived at the door of the Byzantine Empire to conquer renowned Constantinople. The ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Pope Francis continues his visit to Turkey this morning, a Muslim nation that has been a crossroads of religious faith, and sometimes conflict, for centuries. It's the second-day of ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - Laden with hundreds of light bulbs a breathless Kahraman Yildiz emerges at the top of one of the Suleymaniye mosque's minarets, ready to string up a Ramadan message and ...

ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan has described his third term as Turkish prime minister as that of a "master", borrowing from the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan and the last stage of ...

FO spokesperson says Pakistan to call for full implementation of Gaza truce, Israeli withdrawal and urgent humanitarian access Pakistan among eight Muslim nations backing Sharm El-Sheikh accord ...

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 ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted top diplomats from Arab and Muslim nations including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Qatar.