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The Turkish community in Western Thrace and its organisations were once again targeted in the Greek press!
15.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We wish this approach which otherises us and sees us as a ‘threat’ in the politics and media of our country to stop.” The news that the Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU) and the Culture and Education Foundation of Western Thrace Minority (PEKEM) had donated tablet computers to pupils in need in the Western Thra...
After Komotini, the signboard of the madrasah in Xanthi has also been changed, the word ‘Minority’ is missing in the new signboard!
31.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We strongly condemn the interventionist approach and practice of our government and request from it to withdraw this decision which is scandalous’. Following the change of the signboard of Madrasah of Hayriye Foundation Minority Secondary and High School, which is one of the two historical religious schools belongin...
The signboard of the Madrasah of Hayriye Minority Secondary and High School in Komotini has been changed, the word ‘Minority’ on the signboard has been removed!
28.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Changing the signboard with a policy of fait accompli in the middle of the night without the knowledge of the school administration, the school council and the parents’ association shows that insidious practices targeting the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are continuing'. The si...
We strongly condemn the attack against our Xanthi Mufti Ahmet Mete
30.11.2020
ABTTF: Hate-based attacks carried out by racist and fanatical groups targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its representatives threaten the peace and tranquillity environment in our region. A verbal attack has been perpetrated on Xanthi Mufti Ahmet Mete. On the evening of Friday, 27 November 2020, an unidentified person or person...
Evripidis Stylianidis: ‘Problems in Western Thrace are caused by Turkish nationalism’
27.11.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Stylianidis is accusing us of Turkish nationalism because we want the recognition of our identity, once again he puts us on the target board’. New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylianidis delivered statements targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Talking at an event regarding the deve...
Another statement from Secretary-General Kalantzis targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
30.10.2020
ABTTF President: “This insidious policy of the state aims at children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace to lose their identity by preventing them from learning their mother tongue Turkish and to be assimilated. Secretary-General Kalantzis is in the position of having practiced this insidious policy for years”. ...
The religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace ignored once more!
19.10.2020
ABTTF President: “The words used by the Secretary General Kalantzis at the Commission for the Development of Thrace once again showed that the Greek state is not willing to engage in a sincere and direct dialogue with the Turkish community in Western Thrace with a constructive and realistic approach.” The Secretary General of Greece&...
Xanthi Turkish Union’s case was discussed at the Court of Cassation
16.10.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We wish the Court of Cassation to take decisions that are in conformity with ECtHR case law and international human rights law. Indeed, states parties to the European Convention on Human Rights are obliged to act in accordance with ECtHR judgments and ECtHR case law’. Xanthi Turkish Union’s recourse for ...
Discriminatory speech from MP Stylianidis at the Commission for the Development of Thrace
15.10.2020
ABTTF President: “The words used by the MP Stylianidis in the speech he made at the Commission for the Development of Thrace are clear proof that in Greece, the Turkish community in Western Thrace is seen as the ‘other’ and considered as a ‘threat.’” In the speech he delivered at the meeting of the inter...
The Greek Council of State rejected the request of the Turkish community in Western Thrace to repeal the decree which violates its religious autonomy!
09.10.2020
ABTTF President: “The Council of State, which should be independent, acted as a spokesperson for the political power by ignoring the existence of unlawful articles in the decree containing regulations on our mufti offices.” The General Assembly of the Council of State of Greece has rejected the lawsuit brought and calling for t...
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