Ibrahim Serif, the elected mufti of Komotini (Gumulcine) in northeastern Greece, has been sued for usurping authority, according to judicial sources.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Rhodope province prosecutor’s office filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Serif, who is charged with usurping authority by attending a religious ceremony in 2016.
The first hearing will be on May 8, the sources added.
Serif, who is the elected mufti of Komotini -- one of the three major cities of the Western Thrace region -- told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that the actual situation was very different from the claims of the prosecution.