Greece: Greek Neo-Nazi leader wants Istanbul and Smyrna

(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, JUNE 15 - The leader of the Greek Neo-Nazi party New Dawn, Nicos Mihaloliakos (who became a member of Athens Parliament in the last elections) wants to regain Istanbul, Smyrna and the Black Sea from Turkey, reports the Turkish daily Milliyet today.



In a speech given yesterday in Thessaloniki, the ''Greek Fuhrer'' said that he would ''retake'' Smyrna and the Turkish coast of the Black Sea, former territories of the Byzantine Empire before the fall of Constantinople into the hands of the Ottoman sultans. Last week, reports Milliyet, the Neo-Nazi leader from Athens had said he would also be retaking Istanbul and yesterday he reiterated the idea, saying that ''we will retake Istanbul, Smyrna and the Black Sea''. The Turkish paper claims he then clarified that ''yes, we are nationalists and racists. And we aren't hiding it!''.



Mihaloliakos also criticised Thessaloniki's mayor for having proposed naming a street of the capital of Greek Macedonia after the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was born there when it was still part of the Ottoman Empire (in 1881).(ANSAmed).



