Erdogan: Provocative remarks about Thrace
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
“Turkey isn’t just Turkey,” adding that apart from its 79 million citizens there were hundreds of thousands of other “brothers” in the geographical regions to which it had been historically and culturally bound, pointing to “western Thrace.”
“Thrace is Greek, democratic and European”, the ministry of foreign affairs said, responding to provocative remarks made by Turkish president Reccep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Athens News Agency’s report from Istanbul stated that Erdogan had reportedly referred to his intent to host a referendum on western Thrace. The news wire was based on a source from Turkish daily newspaper Sabah. Much later, a correction was made as the report on the referendum had been incorrect.
As a result of the mistake, Athens News Agency’s foreign correspondent in Turkey was dismissed.
