Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called the Turkish Supreme Court’s decision to annul the decision protecting the status of Hagia Sophia as a museum “a provocation to global cultural heritage and to UNESCO,” protothema.gr reports.
Mr. Dendias briefed his counterparts from the European People’s Party on Turkey’s provocative actions during a teleconference with the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.
“During the teleconference of the Foreign Ministers from @EPP, I informed my colleagues about the provocation it poses to world cultural heritage, as well as to @UNESCO, the decision that invalidates Kemal Ataturk’s 1934 decree on its protection. Hagia Sophia through its transformation into a Museum “, he wrote on Twitter.
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