Turkish leader visits Turks in Greece's Western Thrace
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 08 December 2017
- Modified Date: 03:58 | 08 December 2017
On day two of a landmark trip to Greece, Turkey's president on Friday is visiting a large population of Muslim Turks.
After landing at Alexandroupoli airport, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went by car to Komotini, a major city in the Western Thrace region.
He did Friday prayers at Komotini's Kir Mahalle Mosque.
Greece's Western Thrace region is home to a Muslim-Turkish minority of around 150,000 people.
Erdoğan is being accompanied by a delegation of top officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, EU Minister Ömer Çelik, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak.
Also accompanying the president are Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos and Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis.
Erdoğan visited the capital Athens on Thursday, meeting with his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.