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Turkish minister says his remarks on minorities misunderstood

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Turkish minister says his remarks on minorities misunderstood
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Kasım 11, 2008 12:11

Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Tuesday he was misunderstood when he questioned whether there would be today's nation-state if Greeks and Armenians continued to live in Turkey. (UPDATED)

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"If Greeks continued to live in the Aegean and Armenians continued to live in many places in Turkey, I wonder whether there would be today's nation-state," Gonul said as he emphasized the importance of last century’s population exchange between Turkey and Greece in his speech at the Turkish embassy in Brussels.

"I don't know how to tell you about the importance of this exchange. But if you look at the old balances, the importance of this would very clearly arise," he added.

Turkish media quoted Gonul on Tuesday as saying he had been misunderstood. The defence ministry declined to comment.

The 1923 Exchange of Populations between Greece and Turkey involved some two million people, most forcibly made refugees and de jure denaturalized from homelands of centuries or millennia, in a treaty promoted and overseen by the international community as part of the Treaty of Lausanne.

The exchange took place between Turkish nationals of the Greek Orthodox religion established in Turkish territory, and of Greek nationals of the Muslim religion established in Greek territory.Â

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