Tourists are being turned away from one of Istanbul's most popular attractions, the Basilica Cistern, after a court ruling transferred control of the historic site away from the city's opposition-led ...

The subterranean cistern in the heart of historic Istanbul is hosting the 2018 Yeditepe Biennial this spring under the auspices of the Presidency of the Turkish Republic. Anadolu Agency is global ...

The youngest brother of Britain’s King Charles on Tuesday visited the famed Basilica Cistern Museum in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Fatih district. Officials from the Istanbul city government and ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. A Frenchman visiting Constantinople in the 16 th century heard strange ...

Gingerly descending 52 steps, I enter a vast cavernous space, as magnificent as a cathedral. The space is cool, as though it were air-conditioned, and I can hear strains of soft music. Wooden ...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY—While restoring the eighteenth-century Nuruosmaniye Mosque, located near Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, workers from Foundations Istanbul Provincial discovered an Ottoman-era cistern. “We ...

Gingerly descending 52 steps, I enter a vast cavernous space, as magnificent as a cathedral. The space is cool, as though it were air-conditioned, and I can hear strains of soft music. Wooden ...