Greece Rejects Turkish Claims Over Muslim Minority in Thrace, Citing 1923 Treaty

Greece sharply has rejected Turkish accusations of minority rights violations, defending its system of state-appointed Islamic religious leaders in Western Thrace and rejecting Ankara's framing of the community as an ethnic Turkish minority. The dispute flared after Turkey's Foreign Ministry condemned Greece's appointment of Muftis — Islamic legal and religious officials — arguing the Muslim minority should elect its own representatives.  Ankara warned that what it called "oppressive practice...

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