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Turkish minority: Greece violates European court rulings for years

Greece’s Western Thrace region is home to a Muslim Turkish community of 150,000.

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How the Turkish Parliament was founded

Founded in 1920, Turkey's Grand National Assembly is a testament of what the country's independence struggle achieved.

Greta warns world leaders at climate protest before Davos

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and a crowd of thousands of protesters marched in the Swiss city of Lausanne before many of them head to Davos next week to challenge political and business leaders to combat the climate crisis.

Turkey-Greece sea border dispute could hurt Turkey if status quo disturbed

Turkey is trying to maintain the current situation in the Aegean Sea, while Greece is taking a unilateral course that can harm Turkey's security and economic security.

Turkish minority schools make slow strides in Greece

Under the Lausanne Treaty, Turks were given the right to run their own schools in the region of Western Thrace. But community leaders have long complained their facilities lack proper resources.

Turkish Muslims in Greece 'treated as second-class citizens'

Turkish Muslims in Greece say their rights as a minority are being taken away by the state as elected religious leaders are no longer recognised by the government.

'Every small group can’t have its own country'

Edward J. Erickson, a US army veteran and historian, explains how ethnic tensions unravelled in the Middle East following World War I.

Overturned gravestones testify to the struggle of Greece’s minorities

Religious leader Ahmet Mete explains how the Turkish Muslim minority of Greece maintains its identity, while grappling with state policies that target the community.

Turks still debate whether Treaty of Lausanne was fair to Turkey

The post-World War I peace deal is contentious for a significant number of Turks, including President Erdogan, who seeks to amend it for various security and historical reasons.

Turks and Greeks exude warmth in a barbershop

The Turkish minorities in Greece are coexisting well with the majority community, but they continue to be on the margins of the country's political landscape.

President Erdogan meets Turkish minority in eastern Greece

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan distributes toys to children in the northeastern town of Komotini where he was greeted by several thousand supporters chanting his name, ending a landmark visit to Greece.