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Doc. 11860
21 April 2009
Freedom of religion and other human rights for non-Muslim
minorities in Turkey and for the Muslim minority in Thrace
(Eastern Greece)
13. Steps have been taken on both sides of the border to improve these minorities' situation. The
Assembly also welcomes recent events, including the historic visit to Turkey by the Greek Prime Minister, in
January 2008, and his meeting with his Turkish counterpart, an expression of a constructive approach and of
mutual respect.
14. However, some questions remain unresolved and require the two states to continue their efforts,
efforts which cannot succeed without open and constructive dialogue with the members of the minorities
concerned.
15. The Assembly encourages both countries' authorities to do everything to alter people's perception of
members of these minorities, who are sometimes regarded as foreigners in their own country. It is vitally
important that both the members of the majority and the members of the minorities understand and feel that
the latter are full citizens of their country of residence.
16. The Assembly also encourages the two countries to sign and/or ratify the Framework Convention for
the Protection of National Minorities. Ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
would also indicate an understanding and acceptance of specific cultural characteristics.
17. Greece and Turkey must also realise the crucial importance of the education of the members of
minorities. The governments must ensure that the level of teaching in the minority schools is of high quality
and enables the children from minorities to fully integrate into the national community, while preserving their
cultural identity.
18. Specifically concerning Greece, the Assembly urges the Greek authorities to:
18.1. provide appropriate support to minority schools so that they are in a position to provide highquality
teaching, in particular through the – long-awaited – issuing of certain school books for minority
schools which were updated in 1997 in the framework of a European Union-financed project, and by
considering the possibility of creating new minority upper secondary schools;
18.2. guarantee that the Special Teacher Training Academy of Thessaloniki (EPATH) provides highquality
education in both the Greek and Turkish languages, so as to provide appropriate training for
future teachers who will work in the schools of the Muslim minority in Thrace;
18.3. provide lasting support – including funding – for initiatives geared to better understanding
between the members of the Muslim minority and the majority, and to better learning of the Greek
language by the members of that minority, particularly for the "Education of Muslim children"
programme, education being a factor of integration and understanding;
18.4. fully implement Law No. 3647 of February 2008, the provisions of which should be able to
regulate, in substantial measure, the problems – waiting to be dealt with for several decades –
connected with the legal status of vafks (foundations of the Muslim minority);
18.5. allow the Muslim minority to choose freely its muftis as mere religious leaders (i.e. without
judicial powers), through election or appointment, and thus to abolish the application of sharia law –
which raises serious questions of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights – as
recommended by the Commissioner for Human Rights;
18.6. ensure that no attempts are made to impose an identity on a person or a group of persons,
even by representatives of other groups within the minority concerned, in keeping with the spirit of
Article 3 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;
18.7. pursue development of the economy and infrastructure of Thrace, for instance by investigating
the possibility of making use of European Union programmes, to create rural development zones or
free-trade zones in this region;
18.8. resolve as soon as possible the cases of the persons still affected by the withdrawal of their
Greek nationality in pursuance of Article 19 of the Nationality Code (an article now repealed), including
the persons who became stateless in application of the said article although they no longer live in
Greece;
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18.9. fully implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning freedom of
religion and of association, inter alia relating to the titles of associations, and to allow associations to
use the adjective "Turkish" in their name if they so wish;
18.10. implement fully and speedily the 2008 legislation providing for quota-based admission to the
civil service for members of the Muslim minority;
18.11. encourage development by the media of a code of ethics on respect for religious minorities,
bearing in mind the vital role that they can play in the perception of these minorities by the majority,
and to penalise any incitements to hatred passed on by the media, in accordance with the principles
set out in Recommendation No. R (97) 20 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on "hate
speech";
18.12. organise a national campaign against racism and intolerance, stressing that diversity is to be
regarded not as a threat but as a source of enrichment.
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Doc. 11860
21 April 2009
Freedom of religion and other human rights for non-Muslim
minorities in Turkey and for the Muslim minority in Thrace
(Eastern Greece)
13. Steps have been taken on both sides of the border to improve these minorities' situation. The
Assembly also welcomes recent events, including the historic visit to Turkey by the Greek Prime Minister, in
January 2008, and his meeting with his Turkish counterpart, an expression of a constructive approach and of
mutual respect.
14. However, some questions remain unresolved and require the two states to continue their efforts,
efforts which cannot succeed without open and constructive dialogue with the members of the minorities
concerned.
15. The Assembly encourages both countries' authorities to do everything to alter people's perception of
members of these minorities, who are sometimes regarded as foreigners in their own country. It is vitally
important that both the members of the majority and the members of the minorities understand and feel that
the latter are full citizens of their country of residence.
16. The Assembly also encourages the two countries to sign and/or ratify the Framework Convention for
the Protection of National Minorities. Ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
would also indicate an understanding and acceptance of specific cultural characteristics.
17. Greece and Turkey must also realise the crucial importance of the education of the members of
minorities. The governments must ensure that the level of teaching in the minority schools is of high quality
and enables the children from minorities to fully integrate into the national community, while preserving their
cultural identity.
18. Specifically concerning Greece, the Assembly urges the Greek authorities to:
18.1. provide appropriate support to minority schools so that they are in a position to provide highquality
teaching, in particular through the – long-awaited – issuing of certain school books for minority
schools which were updated in 1997 in the framework of a European Union-financed project, and by
considering the possibility of creating new minority upper secondary schools;
18.2. guarantee that the Special Teacher Training Academy of Thessaloniki (EPATH) provides highquality
education in both the Greek and Turkish languages, so as to provide appropriate training for
future teachers who will work in the schools of the Muslim minority in Thrace;
18.3. provide lasting support – including funding – for initiatives geared to better understanding
between the members of the Muslim minority and the majority, and to better learning of the Greek
language by the members of that minority, particularly for the "Education of Muslim children"
programme, education being a factor of integration and understanding;
18.4. fully implement Law No. 3647 of February 2008, the provisions of which should be able to
regulate, in substantial measure, the problems – waiting to be dealt with for several decades –
connected with the legal status of vafks (foundations of the Muslim minority);
18.5. allow the Muslim minority to choose freely its muftis as mere religious leaders (i.e. without
judicial powers), through election or appointment, and thus to abolish the application of sharia law –
which raises serious questions of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights – as
recommended by the Commissioner for Human Rights;
18.6. ensure that no attempts are made to impose an identity on a person or a group of persons,
even by representatives of other groups within the minority concerned, in keeping with the spirit of
Article 3 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;
18.7. pursue development of the economy and infrastructure of Thrace, for instance by investigating
the possibility of making use of European Union programmes, to create rural development zones or
free-trade zones in this region;
18.8. resolve as soon as possible the cases of the persons still affected by the withdrawal of their
Greek nationality in pursuance of Article 19 of the Nationality Code (an article now repealed), including
the persons who became stateless in application of the said article although they no longer live in
Greece;
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18.9. fully implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning freedom of
religion and of association, inter alia relating to the titles of associations, and to allow associations to
use the adjective "Turkish" in their name if they so wish;
18.10. implement fully and speedily the 2008 legislation providing for quota-based admission to the
civil service for members of the Muslim minority;
18.11. encourage development by the media of a code of ethics on respect for religious minorities,
bearing in mind the vital role that they can play in the perception of these minorities by the majority,
and to penalise any incitements to hatred passed on by the media, in accordance with the principles
set out in Recommendation No. R (97) 20 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on "hate
speech";
18.12. organise a national campaign against racism and intolerance, stressing that diversity is to be
regarded not as a threat but as a source of enrichment.
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