The ruins of Byzantine culture in Constantinople in today's Istanbul remind the world of the great Byzantine Empire of ...

Photographer Charlotte Schmitz captured intimate portraits of life and love in the city's diverse Balat neighborhood.

Thanks to politics and the passage of time, grand monuments of the 1,000-year Byzantine Empire are easy to miss in the modern metropolis. Tourists take photographs in the Byzantine-era Chora Church, ...

Istanbul's Byzantine basement surfeit survives in part thanks to a 1980s cultural heritage code that allows people who find something ancient on their property to keep it, without worrying that the ...

With imposing Byzantine architecture, richly decorated Ottoman-era Topkapi Palace, majestic Islamic mosques with elegant minarets stretching up to the sky and the labyrinthine Grand Bazaar, Old ...

Archaeologists uncover human statue, carry out restoration work during 2025 excavation season - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The conflict between the romantic image of Istanbul and the myriad struggles of its inhabitants is a theme that runs through ...

The Istanbul Modern adds a futuristic touch to the ancient city's iconic Bosphorus shoreline - Copyright AFP Yasin AKGUL The Istanbul Modern adds a futuristic touch ...

The winding streets of old Istanbul are an overlapping cacophony of seagulls, ship horns and vendors of colorful fresh fruit. Shady fig trees cluster near crumbling Byzantine walls and sweeping ...