Tough response from the Turkish Foreign Ministrywhich had previously attacked Greece over the Muftis Bill (even speaking of the “Turkish minority” in Thrace), Athens gives.

Among other things, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, again accuses Ankara of distorting reality, since, as it states, “to serve its narrative, it deliberately falsifies the truth about the Muslim minority in Thrace.”

“Our Muslim fellow citizens in Thrace live in a European country. They enjoy everything that a democratic and privileged state provides to all its citizens without exception. Let Turkey think before making proposals to anyone how many articles of the Lausanne Treaty it itself complies with,” he added.

The position of the Greek Foreign Ministry in detail:

“Turkey, this time in connection with the new law on the modernization of the Mufti, recently adopted by the Greek Parliament, is once again distorting reality.

To serve her narrative, she deliberately distorts the truth about the Muslim minority in Thrace.

The new law, which was developed after lengthy consultations with members of the minority, creates a modern and comprehensive institutional framework for the muftis and muftis of Thrace, fully compatible with the Greek Constitution and the country’s international obligations as defined in the Treaty of Lausanne. , the European Convention on Human Rights, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the principles and norms of Islam.

Key components of the new law are transparency at all stages of the selection process, ensuring a broad representativeness through an Advisory Committee made up entirely of our fellow Muslim citizens from Thrace, selection by the Advisory Committee without state interference, selecting the most suitable individuals to staff Muftis, and a provision for a broader the participation of women in the selection process, which is an innovative and innovative element based on internationally applicable rules for the appointment of a Muslim religious leader.

Greece, in full compliance with its obligations to the Muslim minority in Thrace, arising from the Treaty of Lausanne, will continue to pursue a structured minority policy that promotes the well-being of the minority.

Our Muslim fellow citizens in Thrace live in a European country. They enjoy everything that a democratic and privileged state provides to all its citizens without exception.

Let Turkey think, before making any proposals to anyone, how many articles of the Lausanne Treaty it complies with.

For what reasons and under what systematic policy of Ankara, the once prosperous Greek minority in Constantinople, Imbro and Tenedo almost disappeared.

Turkey, until it gives honest and convincing answers to these ruthless questions, will continue to be responsible both to its own citizens, whom it forced to leave their ancestral homes, and to the international community.

Such a display of honest self-criticism would be beneficial primarily for Turkey, but also for the future of relations between our two countries.”