Greece had annulled the citizenships of 46638 persons!

The state made public for the first time through official numbers:The citizenship of 46638 persons had been annulled!

The member of Parliament, Ilhan Ahmet, had asked in his question motion he had submitted to the Parliament on the 20. April in 2005 (10097/ 20-4-2005) how many persons had lost their citizenship, and what kind of initiatives had been undertaken in these subject matters. The question had been addressed to the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs answered Mr. Ilhan Ahmet through its writing dated 78400/8334 as follows:

1. 46638 Muslims from the Western Thrace and 12 Islands lost their citizenships till the year 1998, till the Citizenship Law numbered 19. N. 3370/55 was applied and abolished.

2. From these persons, who obtained the Turkish citizenship, and live in Greece, can have the “Stateless (Heimatlos)” identity card.

3. The persons, who find themselves in this condition, can ask for their citizenships through applying to the Ministry of Interior Affairs with the necessary legal documents. The applica-tions are going to be evaluated according to the any case by the Citizenship Committee; the wrong actions of the administration are going to be investigated, and it is going to be decided by the Vice Minister of Interior Affairs at the end.

4. The ones, whose requests to obtain the Greek citizenships are not accepted, can apply for the method of the “Politography of obtaining the Citizenship” upon the Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the New Citizenship Law dated N. 3284/2004. This law was passed in the Parliament re-cently, and the redraft of the law is out of question.