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Dear Friends:

I find the attempt for a bit.thrace.listserv based in Turkey, 
to be gated at least perplexing if not suspicious as of the cause 
that it serves.

There already IS a list about the region Thrace, in 
Xanthi-Thrace, Greece.  It is by far the oldest and is far more 
inclusive in the issues that it addresses.  I have been in the 
Thrace list from its inception, and have been since an active 
participant.

As you knowe there is an ongoing tension between Greece and 
Turkey, with the later trying to cause instability in the region 
by raising territorial claims.  

A list about Thrace hosted in Turkey, where freedom of speech 
does NOT exist, most definetly will be used for the benefit of 
the Turkish government propaganda, and it will further aggravate 
the already mounting problems in the region.

As a participant of the Thrace List, and someone that has lived 
in Thrace for 6 six years, with good knowledge of the issues in 
the region, I STRONGLY OBJECT to the creation of a Turkish based 
Thrace List to discuss issues of minorities in Greece.  I find 
it at least pretentious that there is NO list dealing with the 
profound disregard of human rights in Turkey, as this is well 
documented by numerous organizations which very naturally makes 
me wonder what are the motives behind the gating of a Turkish 
based Thrace list.  I protest the dark agenda that will most 
definetly emerge behind this attempt, even if this may not exist 
in the mind of the person that uwisely made the proposal.



Stratos Safioleas
Dept. of Engineering Management
The George Washington University

Democritos University of Thrace, 1989