Muslim minority of Greece

Identity Geopolitics: Nation, Faith and the Roma of Western Thrace

The house was in a sprawl of cinder-block shanties on the eastern edge of the town. Two Greek flags hung near the approach. Beyond them lay the Muslim cemetery. The women served coffee, accompanied by the usual jokes about whether to call it Greek or Turkish. The correct term, of course, depended on where you happened to be.

Turkish ministry reacts strongly to Greek FM’s remarks about minorities

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday slammed comments made by Greece's foreign affairs chief regarding the Greek minority in Imvros, Tenedos and Istanbul as "tragicomic," and went on to accuse Greece of carrying out a "policy of assimilation and repression" on the Muslim minority of Thrace.

Ministry rejects Turkish claims about Muslim minority as laughable

The Greek Foreign Ministry dismissed accusations by Turkey on Wednesday that Greece is oppressing its Muslim community in Western Thrace as "paradoxical, if not funny." 
"History will forever be the most objective witness to the way in which Turkey has systematically eliminated all minorities in its territory during the 20th century," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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