[ALBSA-Info] Albanian Daily News

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Turkish FM Attacks Greece over Minority Rights Record


TURIN - Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, in an
article in last Wednesday’s Turin La Stampa, lashed
out at Greece over its record on minority rights,
including Albanians, Macedonians and Vlachs.

Cem, whose main focus was in blaming Greece for the
deadlock in the peace talks over the Cyprus problem,
accused it of making innuendoes on the manner in which
the Greek state deals with not only the Muslim
minority, but also the “Macedonian,” the Albanian and
the Vlach, which, according to the Turkish foreign
minister, are “sources of uneasiness.”

This is the first time a top Turkish diplomat has
criticised Greece so severely for its record on its
Albanian minority. Between 30,000 and 100,000 Moslem
Albanians were expelled from the Greek region of
Thesprotia - Chameria in Albanian - up to immediately
after the Second World War, while other Albanians,
including Orthodox Christians, have been barred from
using their language and declaring their nationality.

 
 
     
    

 
 


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