(Anadolu) Comments by Greece’s foreign minister regarding the identity of the Muslim Turkish minority in Western Thrace during a visit to Ankara drew strong reactions from the group’s minority institutions and organizations.
“It is unacceptable to us that our Foreign Minister Mr. [Nikos] Dendias denies the Turkish identity of our minority,” Western Thrace Turkish Minority Consultation Council (BTTADK) said in a statement.
The statement was in response to Dendias’ remarks on the minority during a news conference alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday.
“There is a Muslim minority in Greece. According to the Lausanne Treaty, the minority here [in Greece] is Muslim,” Dendias said, denying the Turkish identity of the minority.
