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Western Thrace Turk Mülazım Cemali attacked by far-rightists
21.09.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The violent attack against Mülazım Cemali clearly demonstrates the increasing hate-motivated attacks in Western Thrace, Greece Mülazım Cemali, a teacher belonging to the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace, was attacked by far-rightists on Tuesday evening, October 18 in Xanthi city centre as he was hanging a placa...
Some children belonging to the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace not enrolled in the primary school as they have not attended public kindergarten
17.09.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The Turkish Minority of Western Thrace has the right to have education in its mother language, and the Greek Government should find as soon as possible a solution for this problem having emerged today as a matter of enrolment In Greece, where the new school year has begun, a problem is being experienced now rega...
Attack on headquarters of Friendship, Equality, Peace Party
23.08.2012
On 23 August 2012, headquarters of Party of Friendship, Equality, Peace (Turkish: Dostluk,Eşitlik, Barış Partisi)(Greek: Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας) was attacked by an unidentified person or a group. According to Birlik newspaper, the headquarters in Komotini was attacked in the evening hours after the office was closed, and the assailants ...
“Golden Dawn” supporters with Greek flags in their hands drive by the Turkish villages in Xanthi
16.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Hate speech can turn into mutual acts of violence, the Government should take urgent action A group of members of the Xanthi provincial organization of the extreme nationalist political party Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi), who carried Greek flags in their hands, drove by the Turkish villages in Xanthi by motorbikes a...
Efforts of Western-Thrace Turks in Thessaloniki remain unsuccessful, mosque pledge not kept
10.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Why is the approval of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs needed for a request that comes from the Greek citizens? The Greek Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to the request of Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris with regard ...
Greek police returns Dr. Mehmet Hasanoğlu his passport, saying “there was a mistake”
16.07.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Arbitrary practice in the case of Dr. Hasanoğlu is indented to intimidate the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace Dr. Mehmet Hasanoğlu, who belongs to the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and lives in Turkey, was released after the Greek police had made him wait for 24 hours at the border crossing point Pazarkul...
Attack on Okçular Mosque’s dwelling
29.05.2012
President Habipoğlu: These attacks in such fragile and sensitive period are alarming On 22 May 2012, Okçular (Toxotes) Mosque’s dwelling in Xanthi was attacked. On Tuesday night, an unidentified person or a group stoned the dwelling and caused material damage on the dwelling. Okçular Mosque became a target of provocative attacks in election ...
Attack on the Xanthi Turkish Union
27.03.2012
On 23 March 2012, an unidentified person or a group spray painted some figures on the walls of the Xanthi Turkish Union in Xanthi, Greece and wrote “ΕΞΩ ΟΙ ΤΟΥΡΚΟΙ (Turks Out)” on the entrance door. The Board of the Xanthi Turkish Union published a press release and condemned the attack and said, “We strongly condemn this attack, and we want that t...
Muslim cemetery of Pospos in Komotini, Greece vandalized for the second time
21.02.2012
The Muslim cemetery of Pospos in the Western Thracian city of Komotini, Greece was desecreted on 16 February 2012 by one or more unidentified vandals. According to the Chairman of the Kalkanca Cultural Association Ali Çakır, the ten gravestones destroyed during the desecration were found by the visitors. Upon this, the authorities were informed abo...
SEEMO hopes Court of Appeal will reconsider excessive fines against Turkish-language media in Greece
16.02.2012
On 24 February 2012, the Court of Appeal in Komotini, north-eastern Greece, is expected to revise the sentence against the Turkish-minority publications Gundem and Millet which have been ordered to pay 150,000 Euros and 120,000 Euros respectively to a local teacher who sued them. The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an...
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