Member of the faculty of the Balkan Research Institute of the University of Tractya, Professor Ali Husseinoglu recalled that the Turks of Western Thrace gathered in Komotini on January 29, 1988 to demand compliance with their rights of citizenship, which were violated for many years, and this date takes an important place in the struggle for Rights.
Huseyinoglu told the Anadola agency that on January 29 was declared the Turks of Western Thrace “by the day of social solidarity and national resistance” in connection with the struggle, which was launched by the Turks of Western Thrace in Komotini on January 29, 1988, which demanded the return of their basic rights citizenship and termination of the denial of ethnic Turkish identity.
According to him, on January 29, 1988, it can be called a turning point for the Turks of Western Thrace: “For the first time from 1923 to these days, more than 10 thousand representatives of the Turkish Muslim minority of Western Thrace gathered in Komotini and protested against the policy of oppression, intimidation and intimidation that Greece spent against them for decades. “
Huseyinoglu noted that on the second anniversary of January 29, 1988, racist Greek groups attacked the workplaces of the Turks in the center of Komotini, and in this regard, acts of vandalism and violence in the city center.
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During the attack, about 300 jobs were looted: “The attacks spread to the quarters where the Turks lived and some of them were beaten. In this context, these events call” January 29 ” – the day of the struggle for rights. Date on January 29 is The turning point for the Turks of Western Thrace, and every year in places of compact residence of the Turks of Western Thrace, especially in Turkey and Germany, memorable events are organized. “
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Hushesinoglu emphasized that the Turks of Western Thrace are subject to rights in Greece.