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Stylianidis pursued his rhetoric that distorts the facts
06.10.2023
ABTTF President: “Everyone now knows that the claim by Stylianidis that the rights of our community are fully respected is not in accordance with the facts. Indeed, in our country, our Turkish identity is denied, our freedom of association is violated, our religious leaders elected by our community are not recognised by the government, our au...
Protest action against the imposition of shift teaching at Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School!
18.09.2023
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF, we fully support the protest action of our students and parents against this decision of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Xanthi, which is completely devoid of good will, and we demand that the authorities urgently take steps to eliminate the grievances of our children by providing a new building for the X...
We condemn the heinous attack on the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy)
04.09.2023
On Sunday, 3 September 2023, the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy) in the prefecture of Rodopi in Western Thrace was attacked by an unidentified person or persons, and twenty gravestones were destroyed in the attack. Police launched an investigation into the attack. As the Presidium of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europ...
We send our best wishes of recovery to our region Western Thrace!
22.08.2023
Our region had a very difficult night as the fire in Mishos (Çepelli) lasted as far as Iasmos (Yassıköy). In our country Greece, which struggled with the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August, the fire that started in Mishos (Çepelli) in the prefecture of Rodopi on Monday, 21 August, spread to Polianthos...
Wildfires in Alexandroupoli, we wish a speedy recovery to our region!
21.08.2023
Due to the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August 2023, the forest in the south of Evros was destroyed and many buildings were damaged. A state of emergency was declared in the region due to the fire, and villages were evacuated for security reasons. The smoke also reached Komotini and Xanthi. The fire damaged agricultura...
An opportunity for change for the new government!
09.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Indeed, as Mitsotakis’ father implemented the policy of isonomia-isopolitia, that is, equality before the law and equal citizenship, may be the son Mitsotakis would talk about change as the government! However, the government must first show its goodwill towards our community, and this would be implementation of the EC...
TRT World: “How Greece denies proper education to Turks in Western Thrace?”
28.07.2023
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The main purpose of all these obstacles is to pretend that there is no Turkish presence in Western Thrace, that is, to try to turn this into reality by creating a perception based on denial.” In the analysis published on the website of TRT World, the English-language channel of the Turkish Radio and Tel...
9 more Turkish primary schools will be closed in the new academic year in Western Thrace!
20.07.2023
ABTTF President: “Like the previous ones, this latest decision of the Ministry of Education to close our schools is completely against the Treaty of Lausanne! We call on our country to immediately put an end to the closure of our primary schools, which is a clear violation of our educational autonomy, and to establish a direct dialogue with u...
Sotiris Valden, one of the important names of SYRIZA demanded the recognition of the ‘‘Turkish’’ minority in Western Thrace
30.06.2023
ABTTF President: “The rightminded politicians of our country, such as Valden, see that the truth can no longer be plastered with mud, and they openly declare that the denial of our presence in Western Thrace and our Turkish identity cannot be sustained by our country any longer, and that this policy of denial harms our country’s interes...
A documentary by Herinckx, a Journalism Department student which visited our region, about the Turkish community in Western Thrace, is on the air
13.06.2023
Fiep Herinckx, who studies at the Department of Journalism at Utrecht University, prepared a short documentary film about the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Visiting our region in May 2023 for the preparation of the documentary titled ‘‘Between Ankara and Athens’’, Herinckx met with the representatives of our community...
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