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The church is on Turkish territory, and should be completely Turkish. The Turks, if they returned ownership to anyone else,could bar anyone access to the church. In wars, whatever was owned by the loose rs of the war becomes 'spoils of war ' and is now the property of the victors.
Can you imagine the confusion if churches and historical buildings all over the world were owned by foreign governments?
In Arizona there is a beautiful church named San Xavier Del Bac. Should we turn ownership with unlimited access to Mexico ?If we did, Spain would immediately claim it because it was built when Mexico was a colony of Spain .
Don't even think of Th Alhambra in Spain. It was built by the Muslims. Who should have ownership of it now ?
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