Macedoine

New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 58 p. Destroying ethnic identity: The Turks and Greece. A Helsinki watch report, August 1990. Between 120,000 and 130,000 ethnic Turks live in Western Thrace, in the Northeastern part of Greece. Greek citizens proud of their ethnic heritage, the Turkls of Western Thrace resent the efforts of the Greek government to deny them their ethnic identity. A Helsinki Watch mission visited Western Thrace in May 1990 and confirmes reports of human rights abuses including deprivation of citizenship; denials of the right to buy land or houses; restrictions on freedom of expressioni mevoment and religion; and degrading treatment of ethnic Turks by Greek government officials. Aydin-Alkan 1428.