An exception was made for Muslims (Pomaks and Western Thrace Turks) who inhabit east of river Nestos which is in East Macedonia and Thrace, Northern Greece, who are officially recognized as a religious, but controversially not as an ethnic minority by the Greek Government.
Namun terdapat pengecualian untuk orang-orang Muslim (Pomak dan Orang Turki Trakia Barat) di Makedonia Timur dan Trasia, Yunani Utara, yang secara resmi diakui sebagai kelompok agama, dan secara kontroversial tidak dianggap sebagai minoritas etnis oleh Pemerintah Yunani.