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Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN Office at Geneva responds to ABTTF
27.04.2021
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest terms the inappropriate and defaming wording used by our country’s permanent mission aimed at slandering ABTTF. As ABTTF, we would like it to be understood that within the framework of the rules of law and democracy, we will continue to speak the truth about the Turkish community in Western ...
A warning letter from ABTTF in face of strong accusations against ABTTF!
06.04.2021
Following an interview by MP Evripidis Stylianidis on 27 February 2021 where he made strong accusations against ABTTF, ABTTF sent a warning letter to Stylianidis and three press and media organisations who had published Stylianidis’ accusations. As a result of an interview given by New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylia...
ABTTF Parallel Report regarding the “Report on Incidents Against Places of Religious Importance in Greece” by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
01.04.2021
ABTTF President: ‘We want to have a direct dialogue with the rulers of our country with the parallel report in which we detail our problems related to our religious autonomy’. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report with the aim of responding to the issues pertaining to the Turkish co...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 1st thematic seminar
26.03.2021
Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party representatives explained the current developments and issues experienced in lately by the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendshi...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended 2021’s first OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
10.03.2021
During the meeting which was held online, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party indicated through various examples the discrimination and intolerance against the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the media. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace...
Strong accusations from Stylianidis to ABTTF!
02.03.2021
ABTTF President: “We are a civil society organisation that has been established to be the voice of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the international arena and that is the only thing we have been doing for the past 33 years. We are no one’s extension and we don’t have a different agenda as we have been accused. On the co...
The problem of the non-execution of ECtHR judgments regarding Western Thrace Turkish associations was discussed
26.02.2021
During the online panel, the issue of non-execution by Greece of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments regarding the Turkish Union of Xanthi, the Cultural Association of Turkish Women in the Prefecture of Rodopi and Evros Prefecture Minority Youth Association in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases was discussed. The Federati...
Webinar on ‘The Problem of Execution of ECtHR Judgments in Greece: Bekir Ousta and Others Group of Cases’ is on 25 February!
18.02.2021
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), in partnership with Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) are organising a panel entitled ‘The Problem of Execution of ECtHR Judgments in Greece: Bekir Ousta and Others Group of Cases’ on 25 February 2021. The execution ...
Deputy Stilyanidis: “I do not wish such a (population) mix in especially Rodopi and Xanthi which have also a minority population”
13.01.2021
ABTTF President: “Stilyanidis once again described the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a threat and danger by pretexting the migration and refugee issue at the Greece-Turkey border.” The New Democracy Party (NDP) Deputy from Rodopi Evripidis Stilyanidis used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the ...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks attended the 6th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
23.12.2020
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks composed of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the latest developments with respect to the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendship, Equality and...
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