(Kathimerini) The coalition is, according to sources, poised to push through the retirement of two government-appointed muftis in the Greek border region of Western Thrace.
Muftis are Muslim legal experts who are empowered to give rulings on religious matters.
Turkey has in the past insisted that muftis should be elected from within their communities in Western Thrace and not appointed by the Greek state.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue with his counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos during the former’s official visit to Greece last December.
