"Greek court bans Muslim association for calling itself 'Turkish'
AFP: 1/13/2005
ATHENS, Jan 13 (AFP) - Greece's highest civil court upheld a decision to ban a Muslim minority association for calling itself 'Turkish' on grounds of national security, court sources said Thursday.
The decision by Greece's Supreme Court to ban the 'Turkish Association of Xanthi,' a northeastern Greek town with a strong Muslim minority, was unanimous and cannot be appealed, the source said. It is expected to be officially announced in the coming weeks.
According to the source, the Supreme Court accepted the conclusion of Public Prosecutor Dimitris Linos that the association 'served the interest of a foreign country in the attempt to appear a Turkish minority in Greece.' "
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