Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

This contrast proves more powerful and eye-catching at night, when the stepped roof and minarets are lit up in blue and their tips in a warm orange glow. The mosque draws from modern design ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has commissioned a newly built ultra-modern mosque to immortalise his late mother, Alhaja Wulemotu Arike Oyetola. Oyetola who was joined ...

Just across from Hagia Sophia stands the Blue Mosque, another architectural marvel ... dotted with minarets and modern skyscrapers. The bridges that span the strait, especially the Bosphorus ...