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We demand an ethnicity choice in the census to prove our presence in Greece
09.06.2023
ABTTF President: “As a community, we have clearly felt the negative consequences of the party policy of ND, which denies our existence and our Turkish identity, in the last four years that they have been in power. As Western Thrace Turks, we demand that the ethnic origin be accounted for in the census in our country, and we call on our countr...
The free will and democratic choice of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are ignored
05.06.2023
ABTTF President: “ND or anyone else must first learn to respect the will of the people! Otherwise, political attitudes and discourses that marginalise and target the Turkish community in Western Thrace will harm our country’s democracy, as it is today.” In an interview with Proto Thema on 3 June 2023, former Prime Minister of G...
News and statements targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace after the general elections
30.05.2023
ABTTF President: “We constitute the majority of the population in the prefecture of Rodopi, naturally the Turkish candidate gets the most votes. It is quite normal for the Greek candidate to get the second most votes and a candidate from us to get the third most votes. Our community, of its own free will, went to the polls on 21 May and cast ...
4 out of 6 deputies in Rodopi and Xanthi are Turkish
24.05.2023
ABTTF President: “Even if they ignore or turn a deaf ear to our demands, no party has the luxury of ignoring us in our region when the election comes! For this reason, all parties should know that there is no way they can gain success in the region by ignoring us! From now on, I hope everyone acts with awareness of this fact.” Genera...
The 2022 Greece International Religious Freedom Report of the U.S. Department of State was published
22.05.2023
ABTTF President: “In the Greece section of the U.S. 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, the issues faced by our community in the religious field are also covered superficially, as in previous years, and there are statements that mainly support the official view of the Greek state. As ABTTF, we will detail the views and demands of our...
Our video about the voting of Western Thrace Turks is on the air!
03.05.2023
The video prepared by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) about the election system in the general elections which will be held in Greece on 21 May 2023 is now online! Let’s be in our region on 21 May, take care of our vote and our future! The video released by ABTTF on its YouTube channel and Fac...
Prime Minister Mitsotakis once again ignored the identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.04.2023
ABTTF President: “While Albania, which is not yet a member of the European Union, accepts and recognises the Greek minority living on its territory with its ethnic identity, we are described as a ‘‘Muslim’’ minority and our identity is denied in our country, which is an old member of the European Union, claiming to be ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias visited Gökçeada on Easter
18.04.2023
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: “While 60 children are studying in the kindergarten and primary school, which was opened with only 5 children in Gökçeada with the support of our motherland, the number of our schools in Western Thrace decreased from 226 to 99 in the last ten years. As two communities whose status and rights were ...
The Racist Violence Recording Network published its 2022 Greece report
13.04.2023
The Athens-based Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) released its report on racially motivated violence in Greece in 2022 on 6 April 2023. RVRN’s eleventh annual report examines the quantitative and qualitative trends in racist violence in Greece, highlighting that racism and the targeting of human rights defenders erode the safety of...
Another example of the statements of our country’s politicians that deny the truth!
30.03.2023
ABTTF President: “When our country’s prime minister visited the Greek minority living in the south of Albania, which is not yet a member of the European Union, in December 2022, he was greeted with Greek flags by the Greek minority and even accompanied by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for part of the visit. However, when the Prime Mi...
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