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Legislative proposals of the Minority SafePack Initiative were presented to the European Commission
07.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “A historic step has been taken to establish a minority protection mechanism at the EU level by officially presenting the MSPI, which the Turkish community in Western Thrace has supported from the very beginning, to the European Commission.” The Minority SafePack European Citizens’ Initiative (MSPI) organized ...
Working visit by ABTTF to Brussels
04.02.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 4 February 2020. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu and ABTTF Vice-President Sami Yusuf were accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office. The ABTTF delegation had meetings with the members of the European...
Celebration of Christian religious holiday is imposed to schools belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace
22.01.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We do not accept this imposition which disregards the religious and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and which bears the intention of complete assimilation.” The Greek authorities have moved that the Christian Orthodox religious holiday is also celebrated in minority schools belonging to ...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Athens
21.01.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Athens, Greece. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu and ABTTF Vice President Mustafa Kasap held a series of meetings within the framework of the visit. ABTTF activities and the problems of the Turkish community in Western Thrace were discussed ABTTF delegation first...
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2020
01.01.2020
As the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece, we wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2020 filled with peace, harmony and mutual understanding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8WdvQhFFw
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks had a meeting with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
09.12.2019
Hate speech and systematic discrimination against the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece were raised in the meeting. As representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) payed a working visit to the...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks is at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
29.11.2019
The problems in the field of education faced by the Western Thrace Turks were addressed at the forum where the right to education for minorities is discussed. As representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMU...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Conference on Lund Recommendations
15.11.2019
ABTTF raised the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the conference where the participation of national minorities in public life is discussed. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the conference entitled “From Lund to Ljubljana: Promoting the participation of national minorities as a pathway to th...
Working visit to Strasbourg by the delegation of Western Thrace Turks
02.10.2019
The delegation which consisted of the representatives of Turkish minority of Western Thrace Turks payed a working visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 30 September and 2 October. During the working visit, the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace particularly non-implementation of the European Cou...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
20.09.2019
In the meeting, ABTTF raised the issues regarding the restrictions on the registration of the associations whose names include the word “Turkish” despite the judgements of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the interventions on the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Federation of Western Thra...
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