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 — Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east in one of Turkey’s most important mosques, a powerful vision of Christian-Muslim understanding at a time when ...

Mustafa Efe has been providing sanctuary for stray cats at Istanbul's Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque since April 2015 Mustafa Efe is the imam at the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque in Istanbul. And these days, ...

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, leave after an Ecumenical Prayer at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul November 29, 2014. Pope Francis and ...

ISTANBUL -- Fulfilling a dream of his Islamic-oriented youth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshippers Friday for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years in the Hagia Sophia, ...

Turkish President Erdoğan ordered Aug. 21 that Chora Church, a much-visited site in the Fatih district of Istanbul, be turned into a mosque and opened for Muslim worship. Interior and ancient mosaic ...

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 ...

There is nowhere in the world quite like Istanbul. Spread across two continents, Istanbul is a city of layers and contrasts. With historical sights like the Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace brushing up ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) on Friday takes part in the first Muslim prayers in 86 years at the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. More photos are ...