Western Thrace Turks being shown as a target

The political pillar of the mentality that alienates all identities other than the Greek Orthodox Christian identity officially espoused in Greece makes dangerous provocations against Western Thrace Turks.
Even though the ruling powers in Greece change, the views of the political parties towards the Turks of Western Thrace do not change. Activities against Western Thrace Turks, which are perceived as a threat to national interests in the form of a supra-party state policy, are continuing. Finally, Elliniki Lisi (Greek Solution) Athens MP Anastasia Ekaterini has clearly targeted Western Thrace Turks with a provocative question proposal she has invested in the parliament.
In recent days, the right-wing rulers in the Greek parliament and the far-right parliamentarians in the opposition are targeting Western Thrace Turks. Anastasia Ekaterini, an MP from Athens, the Greek Solution Party (Elliniki Lisi), presented the latest example. Aleksopulu tried to portray Western Thrace Turks as a dangerous community threatening the country by publicizing the lie that the Turkish minority established “paramilitary units and that they ve 15-20 thousand secret weapons.
A PROVOCATIVE AND DANGEROUS QUESTION PROPOSAL
Member of Parliament Anastasia Ekaterini made a question to the Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopulos and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias with the title “Establishment of Turkish paramilitary units in Thrace” and filled with highly provocative, divisive and dangerous statements. The questions are as follows:
- Does the Government consider the above actions and information to be a violation of the Lausanne Treaty?
- Are all the above essentially a violation of Greek sovereignty in Thrace?
- So, what measures does the government intend to take in order to restore the order that is in danger of deterioration in the Thrace region?
SYSTEMATIC PROVOCATION FOR WESTERN THRACE TURKS
The dangerous and provocative statements made especially by parliamentarians against Western Thrace Muslim Turks with the systematic perception operations carried out in the recent period do not stop. MP Maria Athanasiou presented to the parliament full of false allegations before the parliamentary proposal again Elliniki Lisi (Greek Solution) MP Anastasia Ekaterini Aleksopulu submitted to the parliament putting directly or indirectly Western Thrace Turks on the target board.
Athanasiou asked the five ministers to answer the question about the elected Mufti of Xanthi, Ahmet Mete, that he has appointed religious employees to the Alexandrian district of Imathia although he did not have the authority. Athanasiou also referring to the activities of Turkey's Ziraat Bank expressed the claim that an alternative economic system established by the Bank in Western Thrace.
Another question for the organized perception operation to portray Western Thrace Turks as a national threat came from Kiriakos Velopoulos, the head of the Elliniki Lisi (Greek Solution) and Larissa MP. Velopoulos stated that in the reception held by the Turkey’s Consulate General for the Republic Day of Turkey (29 October), also attended people with Greek origin
Velopoulos in his statement claimed that Turkey has invaded Cyprus, has converted the churches into hotels, warehouses and stables. Also, reffering to the YTB President Abdullah Eren’s statement “We are the real owners of Western Thrace”, asked Foreign Minister Dendias to answer what his views on these issues are as ministry.
GREECE PARLIAMENT'S SECOND VICE PRESIDENT ALSO SHOWS THE TURKS AS TARGET
In the last days the second Vice President of the Greek Parliament, MP of ND Charalampos Athanasiou, said “If this goes, the island of Lesbos will soon become the second Rhodope province”. These provocative statements targeting immigrants and Western Thrace Turks have been an indication of how dangerous racism in the country has reached.
Such provocative statements and ugly accusations in question propositions, which portray the Western Thrace Muslim Turks who are also Greek citizens, as a ‘threat’ and ‘danger’ for Greece, are in high demand recently. While the country has all these problems, politicians who build their political presence on Turkish and Islamic hatred, they do not hesitate to explicitly target the Western Thrace Turks, who are citizens of their own countries, with lies and slanders to reach their dirty ambitions.
WEST THRACE TURKS ARE AWARE OF THE GAMES PLAYED
It is enough to look at the history of this community in order to understand that the provocative explanations and claims that are part of the perception operations carried out to discredit and intimidate the Western Turks in public. This community has wanted only the best for its country since the day it was left as a Minority in Western Thrace and, when necessary, thousands of martyrs were killed in the Greek Army only in the 2nd World War for these lands. While gratefulness and gratitude must be felt to this oppressed society, there has never been an extremist or an activity against the country in Western Thrace, as suggested by those who treat the enemy with false claims. Because those who know this community a little bit, its pure understanding of Islam and cultural values of the Turkish-Islamic identity that will never allow a structure that will harm the social structure or the country.