Erdogan: Tsipras tells me that the appointment of D. Thraki's mufti will be abolished | World

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referred to the statements on the election of the mufti in Western Thrace as one of the topics he discussed with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at their meeting at NATO summit.

In particular, the Turkish President claimed that Mr. Tsipras has proceeded to diversify the policy of the Greek governments so far on the issue of mufti in Western Thrace.

"We have discussed the question of Western Thrace … If God wants to become the question of the elected Mufti, Alexis Tsipras tells us that we will move to a new system, we will abolish it's appointment Mufti: Let's say the question was "green light", but we can not say that the work is done, "he told Turkish journalists.

It is noted that the religious leader of Thracian Muslims is appointed by the Ministry of Education and is not elected. As is known, Mr. Erdogan had publicly asked during his visit to Greece to change the way the mufti would appear, so that "instead of being appointed by the Greek state, it would elected.

It is recalled that immediately after the visit of the Turkish President to our country, the Minister of Education Kostas Gavroglou appeared to request the opening of discussions with the Muslim minority on the issue of Islam. election of the mufti.

"There must be a very serious debate with the minority itself on the question of the rationalization of the election of the muftis, the serious question that must be discussed and I think we must exhaust all possibilities that exist for the debates is the identification of the electorate. "In this context, he notes:" The Roman community does not elect the Patriarch in the city, it is not even elected priest, the members of the Holy Synod are elected, therefore, there is always the election of religious leaders, a specially elected body, "said the Minister of Education in the House of Representatives.

However, in his statements to reporters after Thursday's meeting, Mr. Tsipras did not refer to the mufti's question

What Erdogan said about the Question of the Mufti

It is recalled that during the joint meeting with Prime Minister Al. Tsipra of a press conference at the Maximos mansion, the Turkish President had declared:

"There is also the muftias problem The leader we see is an appointed civil servant.The Treaty of Lausanne predicts that the Mufti will be elected.In Turkey, the Ecumenical Patriarch is elected by the Holy Synod.And the Holy Synod must have a number of to be able to elect the Ecumenical Patriarch, and when there was a reduction in the number of members of the Holy Synod, I sent a message to the Patriarch and told him: "Give me the names of the priests to whom we will give Turkish citizenship to become members of the Holy Syn Of the seven that were, according to the suggestions of the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Holy Synod now has 17 members, that is to say that he can elect a new Patriarch.

Especially, in Western Thrace, the question of the Chief Justice, whether elected or appointed. In my opinion, it is a serious scourge and I believe that the hon. Prime Minister will ensure that this issue is resolved and resolved. Of course, it is clear that it is an internal matter of the country, we do not disagree. But if we are given permission, obviously we can formulate our plea. Because we trust the neighboring country and that is why we show our interest in its internal law. "

For the Greek soldiers

The two leaders even spoke a great deal about the two Greek soldiers, who were held in the prisons of Adrianople for four months, and for the eight Turkish officers who remain in our country.