Muslim minority
Diplomacy
Turkish President Erdogan Arrives to Greece with Unreasonable Demands
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to Greece today (Thursday) likely to challenge the Treaty of Lausanne and have some other unreasonable demands, according to a recent interview to a Greek journalist.
In an interview to Alexis Papahelas aired on...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Limits Sharia Law in Western Thrace
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, on Wednesday, announced a bill that will set limits to the jurisdiction of Islamic Sharia law in the region of Western Thrace.
The Sharia law is in effect in Western Thrace where the largest Muslim minority...
Diplomacy
Greece-Born Turkish Minister Visits Thrace Hometown
Turkey's Greece-born deputy prime minister Hakan Cavusoglu met representatives of the Western Thrace Muslim minority in his hometown, Komotini, according to Anadolu news agency.
Cavusoglu had been in Athens since Thursday ahead of a historic trip by President Recep Tayyip...
Greece
Turkish PM Addresses Greek Muslims of Thrace as Being Turks
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim visited the Komotini Mosque on Monday addressing the Muslim population of the area as being Turks.
The Turkish PM visited Thrace after he had official meetings with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President of...
Greece
Nationalists Clash with Police During Greek Muslims Party March
About 200 nationalist militants clashed with police on Sunday in the northeastern city of Komotini when they tried to break a demonstration of Greek Muslims.
Greece's Muslim minority party Friendship, Equality and Peace (FEP) held a rally in commemoration of...
Greece
Muslim Minority Party in Northeast Greece Provokes With Pamphlet
The Western Thrace Muslim minority party issued a pamphlet in Turkish calling on Muslims to act against the alleged suppression by the Greek state.
The Friendship, Equality and Peace party (FEP) distributed the pamphlet calling on Muslims to rally in...
Greece
Rodopi Region in Northern Greece Elects 3 Muslim MPs
The constituency of Rodopi Region in northern Greece is left without Christian representatives as the three parliamentary seats went to Muslim MPs.
Former New Democracy lawmaker Euripides Stylianidis who represented the Christian population of the region, lost to the two...
Greece
Greek Man Hands €8,000 to Police
An interesting story took place a few days ago in Xanthi, Greece, according to police officers.
A Greek resident of Xanthi, who belongs to the Muslim minority, found 8,000 euros in a bag and took it to the police. The...