As long as the monument is not vandalized, they can do whatever they want with it. It serves them better as a museum, testament to the universal glory of the ci

As long as the monument is not vandalized, they can do whatever they want with it. It serves them better as a museum, testament to the universal glory of the city, but it's not like it hasn't been used as a mosque before. Of course Edrogan uses the situation to raise tensions between greece and turkey (and possibly russia), which gives him extra machismo points.