Greek court sentences elected mufti (Muslim official) of Xanthi to 15 months in prison in another apparent attempt to suppress Greece’s ethnic Turkish minority
A criminal court in Thessaloniki has sentenced Ahmet Mete to the time in prison, with a three-year deferment of the sentence, over allegedly"disrupting public order by sowing public discord."
A criminal court in Thessaloniki sentenced Ahmet Mete to the time in prison, with a three-year deferment of the sentence, over allegedly "disrupting public order by sowing public discord." Xanthi is part of Greece’s Western Thrace region, which has a population of 150,000 Muslim Turks dating back centuries.
Most Muslim Turks in Western Thrace do not recognise muftis appointed by the Greek state and instead rightfully elect their muftis. These measures violate the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne as well as European Court of Human Rights verdicts, making Greece a state that flouts the law, say Turkish officials.Turkey’s Foreign Ministry in a statement on Thursday described the decision as "another manifestation of the legal pressure and intimidation policies by Greece against the Western Thrace Turkish Minority's elected Muftis by their own will.
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