While the Old World magic in many parts of the city has been plowed over by modern affluence, today's Istanbul is every bit as rich and rewarding.

Opened in 1617 after more than seven years of construction, the mosque reflects the spiritual devotion of Sultan Ahmed I and ...

Facing the Hagia Sophia is the Blue Mosque. The area in between is the historic center of Istanbul ... and geometric motifs fill the 17th-century interior. As is the custom in mosques, you ...

"By 3:12 pm, 51 aftershocks — the largest of which was 5.9 magnitude — had been recorded," Interior ... Turan of Istanbul's historic Fatih district, which houses the famed Blue Mosque and ...

An earthquake with a preliminary 6.2 magnitude shook Istanbul and other areas Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the Turkish city of 16 million people, though there ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary ... Mayor Mehmet Ergun Turan of the historic Fatih district that houses the famed Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia told local media there was ...

Istanbul has been rocked by a powerful 6.2 ... Mayor Mehmet Ergun Turan of the historic Fatih district that houses the famed Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia told local media there was no damage ...

Istanbul — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the Turkish city of 16 million people ...

Istanbul's most iconic mosque is a head-turner, thanks to its six minarets and over 20,000 blue Iznik tiles that ... minaret points towards Mecca. The interior is just as impressive, with carved ...

Istanbul bridges two continents ... its religious function. The interior decoration features thousands of hand-painted blue tiles that give the mosque its popular name. The Topkapi Palace complex ...

The Blue Mosque of Istanbul was built in the 17th century ... ingeniously carving out the interior space,” Mason writes. The decision to include six minarets on the Sultan Ahmet Mosque caused outcry, ...