ABTTF and FEP Party were on mission to Brussels

ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and FEP Party President Mustafa Ali Çavuş organised a common working visit to Brussels

Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party were on mission to Brussels on 12 February 2014. On the occasion of its visits to Western Thrace Turks’ associations established in Germany together ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, FEP Party President Mustafa Ali Çavuş and the Advisor of the Party President Aydın Ahmet organised a working visit to Brussels.

ABTTF and FEP Party attended the Conference on State of Freedom of Religion or Belief in the World

ABTTF and FEP Party attended to conference on the state of freedom of religion or belief in the world co-organised by US Commission on International Religious Freedom and (USCIRF) and European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) and hosted by the European Parliament Working Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief (EP WG FORB) on 12 February 2014. Having had exchange with Human Rights Without Frontiers Int’l (HRWF) Director Willy Fautre, ABTTF and FEP Party informed politicians and eurocrats on “240 Imams Law”, one of the most important problems Turkish Minority of Western Thrace encounters in the field of freedom of religion or belief.

ABTTF and FEP Party noted on “240 Imams Law”

Following the presentation of Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Turkish Minority of Western Thrace’s representative delegation took floor and raised the Mufti question and “240 Imams Law”, most important problems the Minority faces in terms of freedom of religion or belief. Having provided a breakthrough on the issue, the delegation asked for UN’s recommendations upon Greece’s violation of Turkish Minority of Western Thrace’s freedom of religion or belief. UN Special Rappoteur Dr. Bielefeldt affirmed UN support to Turkish Minority of Western Thrace in Greece within the framework of UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities in force since 1993.

Round Table Discussion with ENAR

ABTTF and FEP Party had a meeting with Michael Privot, Director of European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Brussels-based prominent organisation for fight against racism and discrimination. At the meeting, which was realized as the first dialogue of FEP Party and ABTTF with ENAR, FEP Party President Mustafa Ali Çavuş introduced the party as the unique representative of the Minority in political sphere and informed about works and activities of the Minority’s party. Besides, ABTTF and FEP Party held discussions on ENAR’s projects regarding EP elections and possible cooperation in this field.