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Working visit by ABTTF to Strasbourg
30.08.2021
Within the scope of the working visit, the non-execution of ECtHR judgments regarding Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece was brought to the agenda, and current developments regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace were conveyed.
Written statement from ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
24.08.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement titled ‘The limitations in civil rights granted to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece’ to the 48th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council which will be held from 13 September to 1 October 2021. In its written statement, ABTTF raised the issue of the rejection of the Greek Court of Cassation in the case of the Xanthi Turkish Union within the scope of freedom of association and the closure of 12 other primary schools belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the new school year.
Western Thrace Turks attended the third OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the year
14.07.2021
During the meeting, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the rights violations and the discriminations faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the digital age.
ABTTF attended FRA’s online meeting on disinformation and human rights
30.06.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the online meeting entitled “How to tackle disinformation? Communicating human rights in the digital age” organised by the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 28-29 June 2021. Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office participated in the event which was held in two sections, the panel discussion and workshops.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 2nd thematic seminar
24.06.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party explained the rights violations suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its current problems.
Greece’s failure to execute the ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations was discussed at an online panel organised by ABTTF
02.06.2021
It was noted during the event that the fact that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments regarding the Xanthi Turkish Union which was closed, and the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Rodopi Province and the Evros Prefecture Minority Youth Association which were not registered by the national courts, have not been executed by Greece for more than 13 years contradicted the principles of democracy and the rule of law.
ABTTF is organising a webinar regarding the non-execution of ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece
28.05.2021
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) with the support of MEP François Alfonsi is organising on 2 June 2021 an online panel discussion entitled “The Long-Standing Problem of Non-Execution of ECtHR’s Judgments by Greece: The Bekir Ousta and Others Group of Cases”.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
28.04.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation consisting of representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party stated that the Turkish community in Western Thrace is not included in the legislative and decision-making process on issues of direct interest to it.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 1st thematic seminar
26.03.2021
Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party representatives explained the current developments and issues experienced in lately by the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended 2021’s first OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
10.03.2021
During the meeting which was held online, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party indicated through various examples the discrimination and intolerance against the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the media.
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