President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation on Thursday with the residents of Şahin village, located in the Western Thrace region of Greece and home to the Turkish minority.
According to a statement from the AK Party, a delegation led by Tuğba Işık Ercan, the party's women's branch chair and an Istanbul deputy, visited Şahin village as part of its Western Thrace tour.
During the visit, Erdoğan addressed the villagers using Ercan’s phone, saying: 'I convey my warmest greetings and sincerest feelings from Ankara to my brothers and sisters in Şahin village in Western Thrace.'
The village residents expressed their pleasure at President Erdoğan’s call and conveyed their love and gratitude.
As part of the visit, the delegation also met with representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and listened to their demands and opinions.