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Turkey moved the issue of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority on the Greek agenda
05.01.2010
Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commented in an interview published in the EU- Turkey relations news magazine on January 2010, in response to the question if the opening of the Clergy School is part of his short-term program, with the issue of the Western Thrace Turkish minority and stated the following: “The issue of the Clergy...
Theodora Kokla new Secretary General of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace
14.12.2009
According to the decision taken during the Cabinet meeting on 9 December 2009, Theodora Kokla has become the new Secretary General of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace. In addition, according to the internet news site called Thrace, regarding the disclosure of the secretary generals for the thirteen regions of Greece on 10 December 2009, for ...
Sunne District Mosque in Xanthi was attacked
08.12.2009
On 6 December 2009, the Sunne District Mosque was attacked by an unidentified person, or an unidentified group of persons. According to the written statement by Ahmet Mete, Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and elected Mufti of Xanthi, on Sunday night, around 11:40 pm, windows of the Sunne District Mos...
Journalist Ibrahim Baltalı was attacked by a group of fanatic Greeks
19.11.2009
On 19 November 2009, Ibrahim Baltalı*, owner of the journal Rodop Rüzgârı and the website Burası Batı Trakya, was attacked by a group of fanatic Greeks while he was following the lawsuit filed with the claim that Hara Nikopoulou, Greek teacher serving at the Minority school in the village of Büyük Derbent, had been battered by Osman Kasayka. Accord...
The Xanthi Turkish Union trial was postponed
28.10.2009
On 27 October 2009, the Thrace Court of Appeal discussed the case of the Xanthi Turkish Union and decided to postpone the case to 8 October 2010. According to the news of daily Birlik, the Xanthi Turkish Union, which was shut down in 1986 as result of lawsuit filed by the Governorship of Xanthi with the claim “Turkish people do not exist in Western...
Campaign in Komotini : „Close the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Komotini!“
26.10.2009
On 23 October 2009, the owner of the newspaper Andifonitis, Kostas Karaiskos, and an accompanying group of people opened in the city square of Komotini a written banner with the statement „Out with the Consulate! Now!“. In addition to the three banners containing articles in the direction of closing the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey i...
Thrace Court of Appeal rejected the application of Xanthi Turkish Union
07.10.2009
On 30 September 2009, the Thrace Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Union. Although the decision is not justified yet, according to information acquired, the Thrace Court of Appeal refused the application of the Union because the possibility of applying decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in domestic law...
Democratic election process in Western Thrace overshadowed
01.10.2009
The allegation, that although they are registered in the electoral registers belonging to the other regions of Greece, the soldiers of the 4th Army Corps stationed in Western Western Thrace have been had sign the documents stating that they would like to vote in the region, is getting stronger. Is it desired that the soldiers vote in Western Thr...
Grim accusations from LAOS MP against daily Birlik
08.09.2009
Kiriakos Velopoulos*, Member of the Greek Parliament from Popular Orthodox Rally submitted a motion to the Parliament for the closure of daily Birlik. Accordingly, “Birlik” was accused of making dangerous plans to provoke Muslims in the Balkans parallel to Turkey’s expansionist policies for the region of Balkans. Groundless accusations are to b...
Mosque of Okcular Village again set on fire
04.09.2009
On 2 September 2009, the Mosque of Okcular Village, Xanthi, was again set on fire. According to the news of daily Birlik, police officers, who inspected the crime scene, ascertained the occurrence as an incendiary action. Unidentified person or persons spoiled gasoline on the mosque carpets, after removing the iron railings and breaking a window t...
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