1. Treaty of Lausanne of 1923 between the Powers, Greece and Turkey, ratified by Greece in 1923 (FEK* 311)

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Article 39, par. 2:

No restriction shall be imposed on the free use by any [Greek] national of any language in private intercourse, in commerce, religion, in the press, or in publications of any kind or at public meetings.

Par. 3: Notwithstanding the exercise of the official language, adequate facilities shall be given to [Greek] nationals of [non-Greek] speech for the oral use of their own language before the Courts.

Article 40: Greek nationals belonging to [Moslem minority] shall enjoy the same treatment and security in law and in fact as other [Greek] nationals. In particular, they shall have an equal right to establish, manage and control at their own expense, any charitable, religious and social institutions, any schools and other establishments for instruction and education, with the right to use their own language and to exercise their own religion freely therein.

Article 41: As regards public instruction, the [Greek] government will grant in those towns and districts, where a considerable proportion of Moslem nationals are resident, adequate facilities for ensuring that in the primary schools the instruction shall be given to the children of such [Greek] nationals through the medium of their own language. This provision shall not prevent [Greek] government from making the teaching of the [Greek] language obligatory in the said schools.

In towns and districts where there is a considerable proportion of [Greek] nationals belonging to [Moslem minority], these [minority] shall be assured an equitable share in the enjoyment and application of the sums which may be provided out of the public funds under the State, municipal or other budgets for educational, religious or charitable purposes.

The sums in question shall be paid to the qualified representatives of the establishments and institutions concerned.