Hate case

Komotini 2020: Attack on a Fountain Built by a Western Thrace Turk

14.09.2024  |  Greece  |  Submitted by: Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)

Care reported by                              Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)

Country                                                Komotini, Greece             

Year                                                       2020

Affected group/minority              Turkish community in Western Thrace

Perpetrator                                       Unidentified person

Type of case                                       Hate crime, Hate speech

Kind of act                                          Vandalism, Written message

Media:                                                 Graffiti on a public site

Reactions:                                           Civil society organisations and members of the Turkish community

                                                              in Western Thrace condemned the attack.

 

Brief description:            

A fountain in the village of Nimfea (Yanıköy) in Komotini, Greece, built by a philanthropist belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, was damaged by unidentified persons.

On 12 May 2020, as the newspaper Gündem reported, the fountain marble plate displaying the names of the benevolent Western Thrace Turk who funded the building of the fountain was removed and shattered. A graffiti slogan against the Turks was written with spray paint on the fountain. The unidentified persons wrote the slogan ‘Erdoğan Turks Nazi’ on the fountain wall.

The minority strongly condemned the terrible hate-motivated and racist attack, revealing enmity against Turks and targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace. 

 

More information on the case can be obtained through the links:

https://azinlikca1.net/yunanistan-bati-trakya-haber/item/26875-yanikkoyde-cesmeye-saldiri

https://gundemgazetesi.com/detayh.php?id=7084

https://www.avrupaninsesi.com/bati-trakya-da-irkci-saldiri-8633

https://www.sabah.com.tr/dunya/turk-koyunun-cesmesine-irkci-saldiri-4981269

 

Photo: azinlikca1.net

 

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