Saturday, June 28, 2008

"Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos): preserving the bicultural character of the two Turkish islands

"Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos): preserving the bicultural character of the two Turkish islands as a model for co-operation between Turkey and Greece in the interest of the people concerned

Rapporteur: Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, Socialist Group

Summary

The two Turkish islands of Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos), situated at the entrance of the Dardanelles, have been inhabited mostly by ethnic Greeks since antiquity, whilst they were governed over the centuries essentially by Venitian and Ottoman rulers, and, since 1922, by the Turkish Republic."

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