[InTime News]
Turkish and Bulgarian citizens and companies are buying properties in the regional unit of Evros, in northeastern Greece, which borders Turkey, leading the mayor of the area’s largest city to speak of “colonization by stealth.”
“Bulgarian citizens are buying abandoned houses for just 10,000-15,000 euros,” Alexandroupoli Mayor Yiannis Zampoukis said during a recent business forum. “But the biggest danger,” he added, “is the acquisition of housing by Turkish-controlled companies” legally registered in Greece.
Recently, a Turkish company bought a hotel in Alexandroupoli.
Turkish investments in Greek property are also taking place on several eastern Aegean islands, said 11 MPs from the ruling New Democracy party.