Turkey & Greece have had problems for long time, and they are neibours, so is there any kind of turkish part area in Athen or not, or is it common to see Turkish people in Greece? if yes, which part of Greece?
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i think there are some turkish people in greece, but i'm not sure where.
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It doesnt matter where they move so yes.
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Turks in Greece live in the Western Thrace, That's the very northern part of the Greece. Greece calls them Muslim minority where they identify themselves as Turks, normally. They are numbered around 200.000 and Turkish politicians visit them time to time. Komotini (Gümülcine in Turkish), Aleksandroupolis (İskeçe in Tr) are where Turks live in Greece. Thx to the population exchange after Greece failed to invade Turkey, Greeks and Turks who are Greeks orthodoxes of Anatolia left for Greece and Turks and a part of Jews left for Turkey. A Turkish community does not live in Athens. During the population exchange Greeks of Istanbul stayed in Turkey and Turks of the Western Thrace stayed where they are. Greeks massacred or exiled all the Turks and Jews after they gained independance in 1821 in the southern part of Greece anyway, so since around 1821 no Turkish community lives there. Edit: Vasiliki I did not say no one who is Greek did not get killed in Turkey. Tho yours was a total "success" after 1821. Besides I'm talking about a particular subject in here and explaining something particular, I cant delve into a 180 years matter in 1 paragraph as u would accept. About 90.000-120.000 u gotta be right. Because Greece cancelled the citizenship of 60.000 Turks. According to a Greek law, if anyone who is not Hellen from race stays outside Greece too long, his/her citizenship can be canceled. A very European, democratic approach really. They abolished this code but they did not let 60.000 citizens back to citizenship of Greece.
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the kills were both sided,there was a war..dont claim about massacre,dont make me start ..please yes many turks live in the greece,most live in thrace,mostly in komotini,they are called muslim minority ,but they are turks,as many greek live in instabul as well. they have their homes in thrace,there are mosques for their religion and there are also naighbourhood build in turkish style(mahalas) they live peacefull there,as also in instabul. muslim(infact turkish) minority is about 90-120.000 people...they also participate in politics many of them ***again,please dont make me talk about massacres...if you want to say use kill, massacres is a bad word,and i dont want to use it ,to talk about ...........so WHOEVER has greek ID ,even if is out of greece for 40 years has no problem,and he can come back whenever he want, its not the same if they have not(stay here with visa/green card)
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I had a Turkish homeowner that sold their house to me and they decided to go to Cyprus (Greek side) to live. Apparently the man had many homes in both Turkey and Cyprus that he'd use either for work or vacation.
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of course Turkish peoples leaves whole around the world
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