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ABTTF International Affairs Director denied entry into Greece
22.03.2013
Melek Kırmacı Arık, International Affairs Director at Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF) was refused entry into Greece yesterday, on 21 March 2013. Travelling with a bus company from İstanbul to Komotini, Melek Kırmacı was denied entry at Greece’s Kipi border gate. Kırmacı was refused entry into Greece becase her place of birth ...
Count down started for Minority Citizens’ Initiative
20.03.2013
Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Director Jan Diedrichsen visited the Head Office of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) in Witten. Director Diedrichsen and ABTTF President Halit Habipoglu held a meeting on “Minority Citizens’ Initiative”, which is to take off in June 2013. ABTTF and FUEN discussed the details of ...
ABTTF addressed the Western Thrace Turkish Minority’s right to education in mother tongue and the problem of bilingual kindergartens at the European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages in Strasbourg
14.03.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented the issue of Western Thrace Turkish Minority in right for access to education in mother tongue and the problems arising from the lack bilingual kindergartens in Western Thrace at the regular meeting of European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and L...
European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages will discuss the shortcomings of minority education during the Strasbourg Plenary Session on 14 March 2013
11.03.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) will give a presentation on education problems of Western Thrace Turkish minority during the plenary gathering of the European Parliament Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Language Intergroup on 14 March 2013. Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF) Director Willy Fautr...
18th term at ABTTF
05.03.2013
The 18th Ordinary General Assembly of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) took place on 23 February 2013 in Giessen, Germany. At the General Assembly attended by 205 delegates from 25 member associations, the new Executive Board of ABTTF was elected. On 2 March 2013, the ABTTF Executive Board held its first meeting to decide...
ABTTF attended the Annual NPLD Conference 2013
25.02.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the annual NPLD (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity) Conference organised by Swedish Cultural Foundation on 21 February 2013. The full day conference given under the premises of the Delegation to the EU of the Government of Catalonia was attended by ABTTF Brussels Representat...
ABTTF attended the Expert Meeting on Minority Citizens' Initiative
23.01.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the expert meeting on European Citizens’ Initiative for the minorities of Europe, organised by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) on 22 January 2013 and hosted by Iuliu Winkler, MEP (Romania) through the participation of ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu and ABTTF Brussels ...
ABTTF attended Fundamental Rights Conference 2012
10.12.2012
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has participated in the annual fundamental rights conference of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The Fundamental Rights Conference 2012 discussed the very subject of this year’s agenda as ‘Justice in Austerity: Challenges and Opportunities for Access to Justice’ under the premises of t...
Problems of Western Thrace Turkish Minority were discussed in the European Parliament
29.11.2012
ABTTF once again undersigned an outstanding initative through the conference “Human Rights Violations against Ethnic Turks in Greece” on 28 November 2012 organised in cooperation with the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace and the Brussels based NGO, Human Rights Without Frontiers International and hosted by François Alfonsi, Member of the Eur...
ABTTF attended the UN Forum on Minority Issues
29.11.2012
ABTTF and BTAYTD (Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association) brought the very problems Western Thrace Turkish Minority faces to the agenda Federation of Western Thrace Turkish Minority (ABTTF) has attended the Fifth Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues on 27-28 November 2012. The minority was represented by ABTTF Internation...
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