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Action against rights violations and unlawful practices in the field of education from the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.12.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country, Greece, must now listen to the just demands we have made for years so that our children can have a better education, and establish a long-lasting dialogue with our community based on good faith to solve the issues.” The Turkish community in Western Thrace organised an action to draw attention to the iss...
The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs ignored the Turkish community in Western Thrace once again
14.12.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias will hopefully visit the provinces of Rodopi and Xanthi in the future and meet with our elected leaders of our community, who make up the majority of the population in the province of Rodopi and almost half of the population in the province of Xanthi.” Gr...
ABTTF attended the conference on Greece’s policy of non-execution of ECtHR judgments organised by the Xanthi Turkish Union
13.12.2021
The Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU), the oldest association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace which was founded in 1927 but closed in 1986 by the Greek national courts on grounds of the word ‘Turkish’ in its name, held an online conference titled “Greece’s Policy of Non-Execution of ECtHR Judgments regarding the Turkish ...
The final report of the Commission for the Development of Thrace was disappointing for the Turkish community in Western Thrace
06.12.2021
ABTTF President: “We would like to point out that we strongly reject the final report of the commission, which does not consider the rightful demands of our community, consists only of empty promises rather than concrete proposals for the development of the region and clearly serves a different purpose.” The final report of the Commi...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace, which Greece still denies its ethnic Turkish identity, always faces discrimination
24.11.2021
ABTTF President: “We have been exposed to the sharpest discrimination in political, social and economic areas in our country for years. Just as there are Greek-Albanian citizens living in Albania, we live in our country as Greek citizens of Turkish descent, and we want our rights to be respected without being subjected to discrimination.&rdqu...
The Greek political parties are again in a hurry to collect the votes of the Turkish community in Western Thrace before the elections!
12.11.2021
ABTTF President: “We make up almost half the population in Western Thrace, but we are constantly treated as stepchildren by our country. All the problems will be solved once our country sees us as equal before the law. Indeed, strength comes from unity, and we can only overcome these challenges, whether they are political or economic, togethe...
Stylianidis continues to target the Turkish community in Western Thrace
19.10.2021
ABTTF President: “MP Stylianidis continues his efforts to distort the facts in the eyes of the public, claiming that our motherland is using the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a tool at every opportunity just for the sakes of his own political career. Even Prime Minister Mitsotakis is now uncomfortable with Stylianidis’ remarks....
Arbitrary investigations and trials as a means of political repression against muftis elected by the Western Thrace Turks
15.10.2021
ABTTF President: “While the ECtHR has a judgment against our country on a similar issue, it is clear that the presentation of our mufti Ibrahim Şerif before the court on charges of ‘usurpation of office’ is based on political motives and is a means of intimidating our community.” The hearing of the case against Rodo...
Circular restricting the fulfilment of the religious obligations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Friday is a day of mass worship and is a sacred day to Muslims. We call on the Greek authorities to respect the religiously sacred days of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to immediately revoke the circular, which lacks good faith’. The circular dated 17.09.2021, signed by Konstantinos Bandikos, Director ...
Objection to the election of the muftis from metropolitan bishops in Western Thrace
23.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘I would like to say to our metropolitan bishops the following: In Turkey, where we can compare with our muftis in Western Thrace on the basis of reciprocity, the Patriarch of the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate should not be elected by the Synod Assembly but appointed by the state! That’s what I’m going to ask ...
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