According to Father Anagnostopulos, "pressure applied by previous Turkish governments" forced these people out. "This pressure has disappeared in recent years, but those who left are not able to return," he added.
Prema rečima oca Anagnostopulosa, „pritisak koji su vršile prethodne turske vlade“ prisilio je te ljude da odu. „Taj pritisak je nestao poslednjih godina, ali oni koji su otišli nisu u mogućnosti da se vrate“, dodao je on.