Greece rejects Turkish claims over Muftis in Thrace

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 Foreign Ministry said Greece issued a presidential decree that improves the work of Muftis who maintain judicial powers and provides guarantees for the parties resorting to the Muftis.
"Obviously, any reference [by Turkey] to an establishment of a new state entity is false," the ministry said, adding that "Greece does not take lessons on the implementation of the Lausanne Treaty, international law or ECHR judgments from Turkey."
"Turkey must end its interventionism, stop reproducing unacceptable statements and understand, on the one hand, that the above changes are strictly a Greek domestic affair and, on the...