Response of the Greek Foreign Ministry to Turkiye: ‘The Muslim minority of Thrace is a religious minority'

"The Muslim Minority of Thrace is a religious minority. The Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, which governs its legal status, does not allow for multiple interpretations, and its religious—not its ethnic—character is indisputable," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized on Thursday in its response to the Turkish Foreign Ministry regarding the Muslim minority of Thrace. The Ministry underlined that in the Treaty of Lausanne "no provision is made for the election of Muftis by the Minority, nor co...

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