Authorities have banned May Day protests at Taksim Square
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More than 50,000 officers were deployed on May Day in Istanbul
Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, officials said, amidst a massive show of force to prevent May Day demonstrations…
Hagia Sophia is Istanbul's most famous landmark
The current renovation is the first global makeover of the centuries-old building
Hagia Sophia has been a church, mosque, museum and now a mosque again
Foreign visitors at the site generate millions of euros' worth of revenue each year
The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries the city's architectural jewel has gone from church to mosque t…
A practising Muslim in a secular party, he has won support from a wide spectrum of voters.
Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is widely seen as the biggest challenger to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan