Talk:Western Thrace

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[edit] Why

the Turkish minority in Western Thrace is called "Muslim Minority" in the article? It seems only Greeks want to call those people "Muslim", while the concerned people call themselves "Turkish".I think the article should be corrected.--Gokhan 07:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Because not all Muslims identify as Turks.--Theathenae 07:59, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

So the ones identifying themselves as Turks are free to live their own identity, found their own NGO's and fully participate to Greek society (businesswise, educationwise and socially?) --Gokhan 22:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Freer than the Greeks living in Turkey, that's for sure.--Theathenae 04:39, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting neutral POV

• This article has been continuously vandalised by user VMORO for the past few months. He has kept adding links to a Bulgarian POV site which contains "historical" information written by a certain Gregson H. in the early 20th century. Gregson H. does not seem to exist and until VMORO shows evidence as to who this man was I will keep reverting this article to its previous state which contains information that can easily be verified by neutral sources. VMORO not only keeps adding the following paragraph "A 1920 population census carried out by the Allies indicated that the Bulgarians in the region numbered 81,000, the Turks 73,000 and the Greeks 52,000 [1]. Despite the preponderance of Bulgarians and the region's key significance for the economy of Bulgaria as its only outlet to the Aegean Sea, Western Thrace was given to Greece as war compensation under the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Neuilly following World War I. ,but he also keeps deleting true information concerning the fact that Bulgaria was on the losing side in World War I and therefore had to pay some price (as happens to the losing side at the end of every war). The census mentioned in the above paragraph is reported by "Gregson H." and therefore can not be considered true until verified. In any case, the fact that Ethnic Bulgarians inhabited Western Thrace is included in the text. Additionally, the sentence "despite the preponderance of Bulgarians and the region's key significance for the economy of Bulgaria as its only outlet to the Aegean Sea" is irrelevant. Based on the same logic East Rumelia and Eastern Bulgaria should have been given to Greece because having access to the Black Sea would have helped its economic development. This logic is flawed and dangerously nationalistic. I believe that this situation of me reverting VMORO's text and he reverting my text will continue and therefore I request this article be reviewed by a neutral party which will resolve the issue. Kalambaki2 15:51, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I demand an explanation as to why you KEEP deleting sourced information about a census which was held not by anyone else but by the ALLIES. If, the sourced information gets deleted again, I'll search assistance from the administrator board. VMORO 21:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

By all means, do. Kalambaki2 15:45, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fiercly anti-Greek POV

It's obvious. By the way do those people have a Greek Passport? If yes what is the problem of being called Greek by Greece? This is like saying in the US that if a Mexican finally gets a US passport, he has a problem for the USA to call him American. --Leladax (talk) 09:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)