(Kathimerini) Turkey criticized Greece on Thursday over a Greek appeals court decision to reject an application by the Turkish Union of Xanthi to register as a local association, due to the use of the word “Turkish.”
The Union had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which ruled in favour of their case, arguing that Greece had violated the right to association by not allowing the Union to register.
To implement the decisions of the ECHR, the Greek Parliament adopted a legislation in 2017 that enabled the banned associations to apply for re-registration, but included major exceptions, the Turkish foreign ministry says.
