Turkey’s pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper said at least one suspect was detained following a Dec. 2 attempt to burn the Grand Mosque in the city of Larnaca. No one was hurt in the incident. × ...

Both are listed as U.N. World Heritage Sites. A visitor takes photographs during her visit to a former Byzantine church which formally opened as a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 6, 2024.

Nowhere embodies this exhilarating duality more completely than İstanbul – its largest city and cultural heart. Layered with ...