Claims for violating the rights and freedoms of the Muslim minority of Thrace are being formulated by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, according to SKAI correspondent in Constantinople Manolis Kostidis. Ankara cites a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
Read the ECHR decision (English) in detail
The statement by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Ontzu Ketseli
“We welcome the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of the” Turks “Cultural Association of Xanthi Province announced on June 24, 2025”
“This decision has once again shown that the” Turkish minority of Western Thrace “is prevented from exercising its fundamental rights and freedoms.”
“We expect from Greece, which has been convicted for the fourth time in a similar case, to register the names of the citizens’ society organizations of the” Turkish Minority of Western Thrace “without discrimination and to make regulations that will allow the decisions of the ECHR in this context without further delay.”
Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Öncü Keçeli, in Response to A Queston Regarding the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Prefecture of Xanthi (Sağır and others v. Greece)… pic.twitter.com/fmha6Z4GB8
– Turkish MFA (@mfaturkiye) JUNE 28, 2025
Source: Skai
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