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Source: Kathimerini

Government & Politics

Turkey accuses Greece of ‘inhumane practices,’ ‘annihilation’

November 8, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy has accused Greece of “inhumane practices” against Turkish minorities and of “taking sides” with “hostile circles against Turkey.” Reportedly responding to comments made by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on the Armenian Genocide during a recent […]

Clerics & Preachers

Top court rejects appeal by expelled muftis

November 1, 2019 Ioanna Mandrou  

(Kathimerini) Greece’s top administrative court on Friday rejected as unfounded an appeal by two Muslim religious leaders from northern Greece against their compulsory retirement last year. The case refers to a law presented by the ministry of education and approved by Parliament […]

Clerics & Preachers

Greece rejects Turkish claims over muftis in Thrace

June 22, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) Greece on Saturday rejected Turkish accusations that Muslim religious leaders will be under the control of a newly established government body, saying there are no such plans and called for an end to interventions in the country’s domestic affairs. The Greek […]

Clerics & Preachers

Turkish FM accuses Greece of failing to protect rights of minority in Thrace

March 16, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticized Greece of failing to uphold the rights of its Muslim minority in Western Thrace and of forbidding its members to call themselves “Turks.” He was speaking after the 54th meeting of the European Union-Turkey […]

Government & Politics

Justice Ministry denies violating convention

December 20, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) The Justice Ministry on Thursday responded to a ruling against Greece by the European Court of Human Rights over an inheritance dispute, saying the case predates a change in laws adopted in 2018. “Those who try to distort the European court’s […]

Clerics & Preachers

Thrace muftis to appeal to EU courts over retirement law

September 14, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) The lawyers of two Muslim religious leaders (muftis) said on Friday they plan to appeal to European Union judicial bodies against a provision voted through the Greek Parliament last month that stipulates their retirement. The August provision states that muftis in […]

Clerics & Preachers

Turkey calls for ‘reexamination’ of mufti status

September 10, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(Katherimini) Turkey has called on Greece to “re-examine” a provision voted through Parliament last month that stipulates Muslim religious leaders (muftis) in the Greek border region of Western Thrace must retire at the age of 67. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy […]

Clerics & Preachers

Debate in Greece brewing over Thrace muftis

July 31, 2018 Vassilis Nedos  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Turkey denounces Greek court’s rejection of ‘Turkish Union of Xanthi’

July 12, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

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