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Ministerial promise for the dam near Yassiköy
31.03.2005
The Greek minister for agricultural development and nutrition Evangelos Basiakos promised at his visit in Komotini at the beginning of March the construction of the dam near Yassýköy (Iasmos). Basiakos who made a speech on March 6th at the General office for the region of Western Macedonia and Thrace within the scope of a reunion of directors of th...
The grave robbers have been punished but the tombstones have not been returned
31.03.2005
In August of 2000 grave robbers stole tombstones which dated from times of the Ottoman Empire from the cemetery of the village of Kamberler (Ano Kambi) in the region Mehrikoz (Kehros). Ýbrahim Çakýr and his son Mehmet from Kamberler have observed the grave robbers and intervened. The thieves managed to steal the historic tombstones from the sce...
Letter to Karamanlis from Ilhan Ahmet
24.02.2005
ILHAN AHMET Rodopis Member of Parliament – Nea Dimokratia Komotini, 21/2/2005 To: the Prime Minister Mr. Konstantinos Karamanlis Mr. Prime Minister The “Xanthi Turkish Union” was established in 1927 as the “Home of Xanthi Turkish Youth”, it was based in the town of Xanthi and it is historically the first association of the minor...
Ban sought for 2nd ‘Turk’ body
20.02.2005
In a second court case on the sensitive issue of whether Thrace’s Muslim minority can call itself an ethnic, rather than religious minority, a Supreme Court judge has urged a ban on a Rhodope women’s association that uses the word “Turkish” in its name. Court sources said yesterday that judge Dimitris Kyritsakis has called on the Fourth Section ...
Supreme Court bans ‘Turk’ group
20.02.2005
Greece’s highest civil court has upheld a decision to ban a Muslim minority association for calling itself “Turkish” on grounds of national security, court sources said yesterday. The decision by the Supreme Court to ban the “Turkish Union of Xanthi,” a Thracian town with a strong Muslim minority, was unanimous and cannot be appealed, the source...
Statement of Consultative Committee of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace
19.01.2005
Consultative Committee of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace 19 January 2005 Statement / press release As it is reported in the national press, as well as international news bulletins, the General Assembly of the Court of Appeal of Greece, in its close session held on 13 January 2005, together with other petitions, has ruled on the app...
Greece still denies the existence of 120 thousand Turks living in Western Thrace
18.01.2005
The supreme court (Areios Pagos) of Greece has confirmed a judgement passed in 1984, by which the Turkish Union of Xanthi (Ýskeçe) founded in 1927, had been prohibited because of the word “Turkish” in the name. This decision shows once again that international law and human rights are not recognized in Greece and that the existence of 120 thousand ...
Greek court bans Muslim association for calling itself
18.01.2005
AFP: 1/13/2005 ATHENS, Jan 13 (AFP) - Greece's highest civil court upheld a decision to ban a Muslim minority association for calling itself "Turkish" on grounds of national security, court sources said Thursday. The decision by Greece's Supreme Court to ban the "Turkish Association of Xanthi," a northeastern Greek town with a strong Muslim...
No Visa for friendship and brotherliness
14.08.2004
For the participation at the festivities celebrated for centuries in Seçek( Greek: Chloj) in the Eastern mountains of Rodopen this year had been invited the traditional folk dance groups of the Turkish ministry of education and cultural affairs, vocal performances and artists of the Turkish radio and TV broadcasting companies (TRT), Turkish wrestle...
Doctoral thesis on the Turkish minority of Western Thrace
10.08.2004
Antigoni Papanikolaou writes her doctoral thesis in Social Anthropology on the Turkish minority in Western Thrace at the Sussex University in Brighton(UK). Antigoni Papanikolaou graduated from the University of Thrace in Komotini/Gümülcine. During her studies in Komotini/Gümülcine she did not have any contacts to Turks in Western Thrace. Th...
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