In the statement issued by the Association and signed by the president of the "Elpida" Association, Suleiman Sabiha, it is stated that "the Cultural and Educational Association of ROMA Women of Droseros Xanthi "ELPIDA" is following with anxiety and concern the escalating Turkish provocativeness and the developments around it. The association "ELPIDA" represents one of the largest permanent Roma settlements in Greece (8,500 inhabitants), and one of our main objectives is to prevent the persistent attempts to denaturalize the Roma settlement by agents of the Turkish Consulate".
"We condemn the statements"
"As Greek Roma of Thrace we condemn the statements of the Turkish side that we belong to the Turkish minority. We are Greek citizens with a different language, culture and civilization and all we seek is for the Greek state to which we belong with our body and spirit to take the necessary actions for our equal participation in it as a separate cultural community" the statement added.
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