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Turkey violated international law by converting the Byzantine-era cathedral into a mosque, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America claims.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and thousands of other Muslims gathered for Friday prayers at the nearly 1,500-year-old house of worship.
A whole lotta tweets and photo-ops.
The two presidents will meet as the first public hearing of the House's impeachment inquiry unfolds.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The president called it "rough love."
Anthony Atamanuik jumps into character as POTUS for the spoof bit.
The president wrote a letter to the Turkish leader telling him not to invade Syria, saying: Dont be a tough guy. Dont be a fool!"
Turkey's offensive against the Kurds has upended alliances and is re-drawing the map of the region.
Turkey began its offensive against the Syrian Kurds just 72 hours after the White House announced it would pull troops from the area.
The president, in his own words in 2015, zeroes in on a problem linked to his order to abandon Kurdish allies to a Turkish assault in Syria.