Turkey's Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Funny - just a few posts ago, you seemed to put great store by the claim that the Turkish people voted for this, now it’s ‘who cares?’. 

And a court decision followed by a presidential decree is hardly the same as a referendum by the people. You have a bizarre notion of how democratic systems work.

Boru

The court decision preceded the decree by 4 years of legal case!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/world...dogan.html

The court decision came as the culmination of a four-year campaign by an obscure cultural association that made legal applications to restore a number of monuments

Which is still not the same thing as a vote.  The electorate doesn't get to cast votes on the outcome of legal cases. And before you go all nutty about the courts reflecting the will of the people, bear in mind that judges in Turkey are appointed, not elected. The decision on Hagia Sophia was popular, but that's STILL not the same as people voting for it.

You're either obdurate or ignorant. Maybe both.

Boru