Clarification on his reference to the state systems of Greece and Turkey, in the context of a discussion in the parliamentary committee for the development of Thrace, was given in a statement by the SYRIZA-PS MP, Hussein Zeybek, talking about the distortion of a part of his speech.
“I exaggerated the state systems of Greece-Turkey in order to refer to the need to abolish Sharia in Thrace, which is a contradiction of religious legal regulation in a secular state,” said Zeybek, emphasizing that “I clearly recognize the provisions of the Constitution secularism and religious neutrality. In this context, I also support the need for a full functional separation of State and Church “.
Earlier, the SYRIZA MP, speaking at the meeting of the special committee of the Parliament on the development issues of Thrace, made the following statement: “It is becoming alalum with the two muftis. We say abolition of Sharia. Turkey is a secular state. Here (in Greece) it has an official religion, it is not a secular state. I have studied in Turkey and I know… “.
This statement provoked the strong reaction of Dora Bakoyannis and Euripides Stylianidis, who spoke of an unacceptable attitude on the part of the MP.
Andreas Loverdos, in charge of Foreign Policy in the Movement for Change, noted that “it was absolutely a given that we would end up there. We had warned in time in such matters handled by the competent state, the Parliament not to attempt actions that would cause division. We stand above all this, as we have stood for the last two years “.
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