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Tymen 1st December 2004	When you look at the map, would you really honestly be able to say that Greece has a more then 4 times bigger land-area(sq.km.) as the netherlands?
Breezy 14th March 2005	its really hard to find the things that you are looking for! I tried to look for information on greece but it doesn't give all the information on greece!
Ard 21st April 2005	I think you should have a map of lakes and rivers of Greece.
George 17th June 2005	Only like 1% of Greece's population speaks Turkish.
Dogrucu 3rd July 2005	Turkish speaking Turks in Greece may be about 2 percent. There are also christians from Anatolia who spoke no Greek but Turkish only, when they had to relocate in Greece after Turkish-Greek War in early 1920s, some of them still live, and many in their families know Turkish.
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Greg 19th August 2005	Im sorry to dissapoint you Dogrucu and Lydian, but Im sure you know it as well, all this Christians that were relocated in Greece were of Greek origin and thus speaking greek language as their mother one and turkish as a foreign. 50% or even more of the population of Greece speaks english at a very good level. Do you think we should add english too as a language? Of course not... The proportion of people speaking Turkish is narrowed into those living in Thrace primarily that are Greek born (usually) of Turkish origin... Like the Greeks who still live in Konstantinople (now Istanbul) or Minor Asia Turkish born of Greek origin... Thats geography, thats life... I live in London now... and with your logic I think we should add in United Kingdom all the languages of the world because I rarely hear any english around... No hard feelings anyway... Citizens of the world primarily, working all together for peace, health, freedom and democracy for everyone!
Yianni 19th August 2005	Well perhaps it is time to teach them the language of the nation:Greek.
Yianni 19th August 2005	Well perhaps it is time to teach them the language of the nation:Greek.
Dimitri 26th August 2005	Greek also have a big albanian population in norther Greek called also Qameria. It goes down to the greek city of Arta an old Albanian city.
Andreas 1st September 2005	According to the Lozanne treaty between Greece and Turkey the only minorities which excluded from the population swap was the Greek minority in Konstantinopel and the Mouslim minority in Thrace (no Turkish minority)
Konstantin 11th September 2005	Muslims in Greece are about 150,000, or 1.5% of the population (immigrants arriving since 1990 excluded). Almost half of them are muslim Roma (Gypsies). Of the remaining about 10% speak a language related to Bulgarian(Pomak). The rest, about 70,000 , speak Turkish and consider themselves Turks. Karamanlis, Turkish-speaking Christians from ancient Cappadocia who left Anatolia in 1922, consider themselves Greek, language nonwithstanding, and take a dim view suggestions to the contrary. There are practically no Turks in the islands. There used to be a significant (25,000+) Turkish minority in Rhodes but they were forced to emigrate due to harsh economic repression in the years 1975-1981 when fear of a possible Greco-Turkish war following the Cyprus crisis of 1974 led the Greek government to treat them as a security risk. Greece's entry into the EU in 1981 put a stop to these practices albeit too late for the Rhodes Turks.
13th September 2005	What about tha Macedonian minority,and macedonian land in Former Turkish Republic Greece
Alexander 8th October 2005	There is no Turkish minority in Greece. There is a Muslim minority however. Not all Muslims are Turks and not all Christians are Greek.The Greek of Thraki were coverted to Islam few hundred years ago,but are not Turkish per se. Their Turkish identiy is a propaganda tool used by the Turkish government.
Franck 15th October 2005	Clarification of a simple fact: To be Greek, simply requires one to be recognised as such by the Greek government. One's ancestral lineage is irrelevant, since this precludes a Greek from having multinational ancestry. By logical extension, this principle applies when determining the nationality or nationalities of any other person in the world. Thus, for Alexander to claim there is no Turkish minority in Greece is an absurdity in logic, unless of course his statement is being used for propaganda.
Emma 28th October 2005	Where can I find the population destribution for Greece on here...
VASILIS 29th October 2005	CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EARTH'S CIVILIZATION WITHOUT THE GREEKS?
Macedonian 5th November 2005	All the Greeks call them Hellens or Greeks, whatever, and nobody in Greece calls him a Macedonian, so leave us Macedonians alone, because we have the right to use our, for thousands of years God given old name, Macedonia. If you like Macedonia that much than change your country name to Macedonia and change your nationality to Macedonians, and stop bothering us.God bless Macedonia, Macedonia to Macedonians, and not to those who hate her.
Dienekes 15th November 2005	1st of all, "Macedonian" the true Macedonians mixed with ours and the Albanians' ancient ancestors thousands of years ago therefore, your comment is of no relevance.
Denis 19th November 2005	The only country in the world not to admit other languages or nationalities is greece becouse it will loose its reputation and its existence, Albanians, Macedonians, Turnks and other minorites play a big part in greece. It makes you think how long can greece keep it down till minorites speak up for their rights and then greece will be left nowhere becouse the fact will show greece cant keep everyone suffering forever...
filippos 21st November 2005	I am Greek from Thessaloniki and i call myself thessalonician,macedonian,greek as someone from Crete calls himself cretan and greek.The question is why should some slav use this term for himself?the slavs came into balkan peninsula in 6th century ac.Aren't you proud of your one slavic origins?you even haven't heard of the name Macedonia before Tito(1944)named your region.Please,get a name (and a life) and we leave you all alone,we don't need you anyway,any slav calling himself a macedonian is a joke for every educated person.
filippos 3rd December 2005	I live in greece all my life(thats 35 years) and i haven't met or heard of a single person stating to belong in an albanian or slavomacedonian minority.Has any of you any clue?As for Franck,citinzenship is way different than nationality you may have mixed them a little in the USA on your try to create a nation but in europe, where most nations exist for more then 200years, is pretty clear.
Yianni 6th January 2006	Well perhaps it is time to teach them the language of the nation:Greek or maybe wee should not do any thing and let it be
Andreas 6th January 2006	According to the Lozanne treaty between Greece and Turkey the only minorities which excluded from the population swap was the Greek minority in Konstantinopel and the Mouslim minority in Thrace (no Turkish minority)The turkish people suck, they are so ugly, i hate them all! Yesturday, i had to work and it was ok, but i was sick so it wasnt, and i was attacked by terrorists.
melis cagin (istanbul) 31st December 2007	No matter Greek government constantly argues that there is no Turkish minority within the jurisdiction of Greece, as a matter of fact, THERE ARE people who CONSIDER themselves as "TURK", speak TURKISH, and have faith in Islam. It is not much coincidence that the majority of people in Turkey DO also consider themselves as "Turk", speak "Turkish", and mostly believe in Islam. It is not to say: "See? The territories on which they are living should be annexed to mainland Turkey". It would be no more than saying "Istanbul is in fact Constantinople, and should be handed over to Greeks as it used to be." , i.e. a utopia. In a nutshell, those people who consider themselves as Turkish should be treated accordingly.

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