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We are “Turks” in Western Thrace, and we want this to be respected
23.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Just as our country recognised us as ‘Turks’ from 1923 to 1983, we demand that it recognises us in the same way as ‘Turks’ and we are struggling for it.” The New Democracy Party (YDP) MP Evripidis Stylianidis from Rodopi once again used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western T...
Western Thrace Turks attended the third OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the year
14.07.2021
During the meeting, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the rights violations and the discriminations faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the digital age. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Gradu...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace demands that its freedom of association is respected
13.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Starting in 1983, in line with the policy of denial by our country of the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, first the Xanthi Turkish Union and then one by one our associations bearing the word ‘Turkish’ were closed down. We ask our country to comply with its obligations arising from int...
ABTTF attended FRA’s online meeting on disinformation and human rights
30.06.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the online meeting entitled “How to tackle disinformation? Communicating human rights in the digital age” organised by the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 28-29 June 2021. Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office participated in the event ...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 2nd thematic seminar
24.06.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party explained the rights violations suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its current problems. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the ...
MEP Kefalogiannis sent a letter of complaint to the EP President about the webinar organised by ABTTF
03.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Due to this mentality that disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law, our associations with the word Turkish in their names are dissolved and new ones are not registered” European Parliament MEP Manolis K. Kefalogiannis (EPP-Christian Democrats) sent a letter to EP President David Sassoli on 1 June ...
Greece’s failure to execute the ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations was discussed at an online panel organised by ABTTF
02.06.2021
It was noted during the event that the fact that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments regarding the Xanthi Turkish Union which was closed, and the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Rodopi Province and the Evros Prefecture Minority Youth Association which were not registered by the national courts, have not been executed b...
ABTTF is organising a webinar regarding the non-execution of ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece
28.05.2021
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) with the support of MEP François Alfonsi is organising on 2 June 2021 an online panel discussion entitled “The Long-Standing Problem of Non-Execution of ECtHR’s Judgments by Greece: The Bekir Ousta and Others Group of Cases”. The online panel discussion will focu...
Young ABTTF attended the YEN General Assembly 2021
10.05.2021
New members of the YEN Executive Board and working groups were elected at the meeting attended by young people belonging to minorities from different countries in Europe. Young ABTTF attended the General Assembly of the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) which was held online on 8 May 2021. Nihan Ayan, representing Young ABTTF, attended the m...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
28.04.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation consisting of representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party stated that the Turkish community in Western Thrace is not included in the legislative and decision-making process on issues of direct interest to it. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University ...
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