Between citizenship and the millet: the Greek minority in republican Turkey

As one of Turkey’s non-Muslim minorities, Greeks have faced substantial pressures since the founding republican Turkey. its members could not claim their constitutional rights as citizens Turkey, emigration soared and minority reached a point near extinction. Significant improvements were noted when EU-supported reform transformed Turkish state society from 1999 to 2010, which reversed Turkey relapsed democratic backsliding in following years. This article explores social dynamics ideological frameworks that contributed novel perceptions Greek after 2002, year Justice Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi-AKP) came power deterred significant deterioration began. It also examines by focusing on pious foundations, Papa Eftim affair situation islands Gökçeada (Imbros) Bozcaada (Tenedos).