(Anadolu) In defiance of state intervention, Greece’s 150,000-strong Muslim Turkish minority is set to elect their new religious leader.
The elections — in which two candidates, Mustafa Trampa and Mustafa Kamo, are running — will be held following Friday prayer in Xanthi province of the Western Thrace.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Trampa stressed the Lausanne Treaty of 1923 gave rights to the Turkish minority to elect their religious leaders (mufti) freely.
“This right of ours, however, has been grabbed by the Greek state,” he said.
Referring to the latest government regulation on the matter, Trampa maintained that it was far from meeting the demands of the minority.
