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ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
26.06.2024
Conveying the latest developments in Western Thrace, ABTTF President brought to the agenda the closure of the Fenerbahçe Association and the portrayal of the success of the FEP Party in the EP elections as a threat to the national integrity of the Turkish community. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working v...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu: “Let’s all go to the polls in the elections and cast our vote for the FEP Party!’’
28.05.2024
European Parliament (EP) elections will be held in European Union (EU) Member States on 6-9 June 2024. Voters in Greece will go to the polls and cast their votes on Sunday, 9 June. In the EP elections, the new holders of Greece’s 21 seats in the EP will be determined. A total of 31 political parties approved by the Court of Cassation (Arei...
Turkic minorities and communities in Romania and Bulgaria and the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece
15.05.2024
ABTTF President and TAG Spokesman: ‘‘The main point is a well-intentioned approach! There is no reason why the current issues cannot be solved the day our country recognises our existence, our identity and sees us as real wealth! Without good will, issues are not solved, new ones are added to existing ones every day. It is up to us to f...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
23.04.2024
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisting of ABTTF and WTMUGA, pointed out that, as an important indicator of the rule of law, the ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases have not been executed for the past 16 years and that the organisations and leading representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace ...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
17.04.2024
During the working visit held parallel to the PACE Spring Plenary Session, ABTTF President met with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg on 15-17 April 2024, in parallel with the Spring Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly ...
ABTTF attended the 6th annual meeting of FUEN’s Education Working Group
10.04.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 6th Annual Meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which it is a full member which was held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on 9-10 April 2024. Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office attended the meeting titled &ls...
ABTTF President met with Chairperson of the German National Delegation to PACE Frank Schwabe
04.04.2024
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu met with Frank Schwabe, Chairperson of the German National Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who is also a Member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), on 4 April 2024. The meeting took place at Schwabe’s cons...
The preliminary meeting of the EU project titled ‘‘B-SHAPES’’ was held in Komotini
06.03.2024
The preliminary meeting of the European Union (EU) project titled ‘‘B-SHAPES - Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies’’, in which the Turkish community in Western Thrace is also included, was held on 5 March 2024 in Komotini, with the initiative of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF). At th...
ABTTF organised a fact-finding mission to Western Thrace with the participation of foreign experts from Europe
05.03.2024
The experts participating in the fact-finding mission observed on-site the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the rights violations they are subjected to. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organised a fact-finding mission to the Western Thrace region of Greece with a delegation of academics and experts f...
Parallel report from ABTTF to the report of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
15.02.2024
ABTTF President: “With this parallel report that we submitted to the competent authorities of our country, we demand from the government to implement a real minority policy based on sincerity, acting with the understanding of ‘for our community, with our community, not ‘for our community, despite our community’, on issues an...
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