[Andrew Byler]

He said that however controversial the matter might be today, it is not as serious as it was just after World War I, when the defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire made Muslims intensely concerned that Hagia Sophia would be reconsecrated as a church.

If only the British would have allowed it!

At that time Constantinople was still 1/3 to 1/2 Christian (Greek and Armenian), and Eastern Thrace and the City could have very easily been given to the Greeks as war booty without many problems.

The paucity of reward and support for the Greeks after WWI is the direct cause of the present problems.

The British never could understand what to fight for besides their own wallet.

[omega4412]

At that time Constantinople was still 1/3 to 1/2 Christian (Greek and Armenian), and Eastern Thrace and the City could have very easily been given to the Greeks as war booty without many problems.

Glad you brought this up. Imagine a Turkey with the western end belonging to Greece and the eastern end belonging to Kurdistan.