Nestled in the historic Istanbul neighbourhood of Edirnekapi, the Kariye Mosque, formerly known as the Chora Museum, and before that as the Chora Church, stands as a testament to the city’s layered ...

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 ...

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 ...

Converted into a mosque, Chora (Kariye) Museum’s frescoes and mosaics have been covered up with a white curtain. Dating back to the Byzantine period when it was built as a monastery, the museum is ...

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 ...

Dating back to the Byzantine period when it was built as a monastery, the Chora (Kariye) Museum in İstanbul has been opened to worship as a mosque by a Presidential decree. It was previously handed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Chora Museum or Kariye Mosque re-opens its doors to visitors and worshippers in Istanbul ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...