Sacred Spaces in Turkey

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.