το κόμμα του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ θα εξετάσει ένα σχέδιο νόμου για να επανέλθουν στα παλιά τουρκικά τοπωνύμια που μετονομάστηκαν πριν από 65 χρόνια.
Alexis Tsirpas speaking with local Turkish leaders in the Western Thrace city of Komotini promised that his party Syrzia will look into a draft law to revert back to old Turkish place names renamed over 65 years ago. Newly elected Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsirpas was keen on the idea to rename toponyms in Western Thrace to their previous toponyms bearing Turkish names in an effort to boost friendly relations with Turkey which has been pressuring Greece for many years to provide human rights for the Muslim Turkish minority in Greece. Alexis Tsirpas indicated that he and his Syriza party will back the draft-law for restoring authentic toponyms in Thrace
be brought in through Greece’s Legislative parliamentary com
mission. A two-third majority is required in order the draft-law on restoring authentic toponyms to be enacted, which means that opposition MPs need to be in favour of the document.
“In the entire region of Bati Trakya (Western Thrace) no one uses the He
llenised name of the municipalities or the other
names of places… for us and for our ancestors and future generations it has been and will always be Turkish names such as Gümülcine for Komitini or İskeçe for Xanthi. In 1949 a decision had been reached agai
nst the will of the Turks in Western Thrace to change the toponyms. In recent years, the Turkish language is in use thus they are written in Turkish
with the Turkish Alphabet,” says former Member of Parliament and ex PASOK MP, Cetin Mandaci.
