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January 1999 Vol. 11, No. 1 (D)

GREECE

THE TURKS OF WESTERN THRACE

SUMMARY 1 The ethnic Greek minority in Istanbul was granted identical rights under the treaty. 2 Informed outside observers put the number closer to the 80,000 range, while, paradoxically, both the Greek state and the minority community claim upwards of 120,000. 3 In 1923, the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne left some 106,000 ethnic Turks in Thrace. 4 Though ethnic Turks ran—and continue to run—on the lists of other Greek parties and have won election to parliament.

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