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OSCE Annual Report on Hate Crimes covers attacks to Western Thrace Turkish Minority
12.12.2013
The hate motivated attacks perpetuated towards the Western Thrace Turkish Minority were also covered by the 2012 Annual Report on Hate Crimes of the Organisation of Security (OSCE) and Cooperation in Europe. Published by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in November 2013, the report provides figures of hate crimes repo...
Komotini State Hospital asked doctors to use only Greek as working language
21.11.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Taking into account the fact that Turkish is the most used language after Greek in the region, it is clear why the regulation received reaction from the Western Thrace Turkish Minority With the notice published on 11 November 2013, Komotini State Hospital requested doctors pro-viding service under its premises t...
Xanthi Sport Union Kids’ Soccer Game between Xanthi Sport Union and Elpides PAOK mired down due to reactions to guide pupils in Turkish
25.10.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Sport should not be an instrument to forge hostilities but to reinforce fraternity and friendship. The Kids’ soccer game between Xanthi Sport Union and Elpides PAOK on 19 October 2013 mired down due to the warnings “not to speak Turkish”. The reactions from parents of the pupils playing in PAOK to the coach of Xa...
State appointed Imams will soon be on duty at public schools!
05.09.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: We call for the annulment of 240 Imams Law, which violates the freedom of religion or belief The legislation 4115/2013, which entails 240 state appointed Muslim clerics to serve duty at the mosques and public schools in Western Thrace therefore called “240 Imams Law” by the Western Thrace Turkish Minority is on i...
Western Thrace Minority South Evros Education and Culture Association has been granted legal recognition!
09.07.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Following the decision of the Thrace Court of Appeal, in relation to dissolved associations on the grounds of bearing the word “Turk” and/or “Minority” in their titles, we expect Greece to implement the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decision in due course. Thrace Court of Appeal decided in favour on the...
“1 Million Signatures” Campaign has been presented in Komotini and Xanthi
11.06.2013
The “One million signatures for diversity in Europe” campaign within the framework of “European Citizens’ Initiative of the minorities” pioneered by Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) has been presented in Komotini and Xanthi. In partnership with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RDMSZ), South Tyrolean People’s Party (SVP) ...
FUEN and MIDAS visited Western Thrace
28.03.2013
Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) President Hans-Heinrich Hansen and The European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS) member of the Governing Board Bojan Brezigar have visited press and media institutions, civil society organisations in representation of the Western Thrace Turkish and Mega Derio, ...
BAKES, DEB Party and ABTTF commonly hosted an international media conference
28.03.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: We are here to support Gundem and Millet Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority Culture and Education Foundation (BAKES), Friendship, Equality and Peace (DEB) Party have commonly hosted an international conference “Minority Press in Europe; Freedom of Expression and Media” ...
Gündem and Millet Newspapers’ Case was on trial at Thrace Court of Appeal
28.03.2013
Thrace court of appeal held the trial of Gündem and Millet vs. Hara Nikopoulou Case on 22 March 2013. Following Gündem and Millet newspapers’ press release in relation to Mega Derio Minority School Teacher Hara Nikopoulou’s asking the pupils “to draw Allah’s picture”, the two dailies were sued by Hara Nikopoulou and subsequently been sentences to 1...
Organization of Islamic Cooperation supports Turkish Minority of Western Thrace
04.03.2013
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its support to the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace with regard to the adoption by the Greek Parliament of Law No. 3536/2007 with additional amendment on the appointment of 240 religious preachers i.e. Imams by the Greek State to serve at mosques and schools in Western Thrace. In the Fi...
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