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Recep Pasha Mosque in Rhodes collapsed
22.12.2011
Recep Pasha Mosque which was built in the island of Rhodes in Greece during the Ottoman Empire period collapsed. According to Birlik newspaper, Recep Pasha Mosque that had been surrounded by construction fence on the ground that it would have been restored collapsed on Sunday night, around 03:00 a.m. Recep Pasha Mosque, which was commissioned b...
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe urges Greece to implement the ECtHR judgments
16.12.2011
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe examined on 2 December 2011 the cases of Bekir-Ousta and Others (Application No. 35151/05), Emin and Others (Application No. 34144/05) and Tourkiki Enosi Xanthis and Others (Application No. 34144/05) in the light of recent developments. Under the Bekir-Ousta group of cases against Greece, the Comm...
Father Dositheos Anagnostopoulos: “God has sent us Muslim Erdoğan”
10.10.2011
The Spokesman for the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Father Dositheos Anagnostopoulos spoke to Atlas History Magazine published in Turkish and replied the questions of the magazine’s Editor in Chief Behice Tezkaçar. When asked about the restoration of the properties once belonging to the Greek Orthodox minority, Father Dositheos Anagnostopoulos ...
Minister of the Interior Kastanidis is investigating the restoration of citizenship for the Thessalonica Jews
07.09.2011
Greek Minister of the Interior, Decentralization and E-government Haris Kastanidis called for an investigation for the opportunity of restoring the citizenship of Thessalonica Jews and their relatives with blood ties. According to the In.gr website a law on reorganizing residence permits with improved security conditions to foreign citizens and lo...
Spokesperson Grigoris Delavekouras: There are no significant problems regarding property rights in Greece
05.09.2011
Grigoris Delavekouras, spokesperson for the Greek Foreign Ministry, stated that “I don’t know of any significant problems about property rights” with reference to the trust assets owned by the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace. Delavekouras: “A positive step in a long road” According to Today’s Zaman’s news, Delavekouras met journalists in a...
UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review released its report on Greece
05.08.2011
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) released its report on Greece. The Working Group had reviewed Greece’s national UPR report on 9 May 2011 during its eleventh session that was held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May 2011. As regards the question of the “Muslim minority in Thrace” and of the ...
Greek daily Apoyevmatini got rid of closure
15.07.2011
The Greek-language newspaper Apoyevmatini, which has been in publication since 12 July 1925 in Turkey but was in danger of closing due to economic difficulties, could get rid of closure. The supporters of Apoyevmatini, which is published today once a week and has only 500 subscribers, has launched on the social media a subscription campaign entitle...
Historical Artefacts from the Ottoman Heritage in Rhodes are being destroyed
12.07.2011
A brass band school will be constructed in the court yard of the Murat Reis Mosque and Külliye . According to Zaman, the municipality of Rhodes is preparing to construct a school for brass band and harmonica education in the courtyard of the Murat Reis Külliye, which is at the brink of collaps-ing due to lack of maintenance. Brass band school t...
UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) examined the human rights records of Greece
20.05.2011
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) examined the human rights records of Greece during its eleventh session that was held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May 2011. Greece, which was considered on 9 May, was represented by a delegation headed by Ambassador George J. Kaklikis, Permanent Representative of Greece to th...
A flat in Athens used as Muslim place of worship was set on fire
10.05.2011
On May 8, 2011 on early Sunday, arsonists set fire to a flat in the Kallithea district of Athens which is used as a Muslim place of worship. According to the news portal Dünya Bülteni, at 03:17 unknown persons broke the windows of the ground-floor flat with the number 196 in the Sofokleous Street and set fire to the flat. The perpetrators painted a...
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