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Sonia Goenka from MIQS Won Golden Heart at Woman of the Universe 2024 at I
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], October 22: Returning from the vibrant city of Istanbul where I got a once in a lifetime opportunity to participate in an International beauty contest Woman of Universe 2024, I am filled with unforgettable memories and experiences. Meeting with 60 countries delegates &a
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Uyghur community holds protests in Turkey against Chinese govt
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In Turkey, a protest was carried out by Uyghur activists in Istanbul at 2:00 am in the early hours of November 26 near the historic Hagia Sophia mosque where Uyghurs gathered braving the cold shivering winter, according to media reports. Nearly a hundred activists including Uyghur groups.
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Two people killed, 13 injured in terrorist attack in Syrian city of Al-Suq
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a terrorist attack in the Syrian city of Al-Suqaylabiyah on Sunday, Capt. First Rank Yevgeny Gerasimov, the deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, said.
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Turkey's decision to convert 6th century Chora Museum into mosque draws fl
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Aug 22 (ANI): Turkey's decision to convert the sixth-century Chora Museum into a mosque has drawn criticism from various quarters.
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Turkey strongman Erdogan making all-out efforts to re-establish Caliphate
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): With Turkey reconverting the famed Hagia Sophia into a mosque, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making all-out efforts to establish himself as the ruler of the Muslim world.
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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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Erdogan joins hundreds of worshippers for first Muslim prayers at Hagia So
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], July 24 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by a cabinet minister and other top officials, joined hundreds of worshippers to recite the first Muslim prayers inside Hagia Sophia on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
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Erdogan visits Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia just days before the first Muslim prayer is scheduled to be held at the Istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque last week.
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Russian Orthodox believers grieve over Turkey's decision to convert Hagia
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (Sputnik/ ANI): Russian Orthodox believers grieve over Turkey's decision to turn Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, the Rector of St. Seraphim church in the US city of Sea Cliff, New York, protopriest Seraphim Gan told Sputnik.
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Here are five most exciting things you can only do in Turkey
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Turkey is a nation straddling Eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, on the Bosphorus Strait, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia, with its soaring d
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