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Educational problems of Western Thrace Community addressed at the international conference
04.03.2019
Outputs and recommendations achieved at the event which was carried out in two phases as workshop and conference and participated by academics and the experts on bilingual education will be made into a report and submitted to the Greek authorities. Federation of Western Thrace Turks (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Associati...
Written Statement to UN Human Rights Council from ABTTF
01.03.2019
ABTTF brought the issue of non-execution of ECtHR judgements related to the associations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by Greece to the agenda Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement with the title “Restricting legislation threatening the freedom of association in Greece and problem o...
Working visit by ABTTF to Brussels
06.02.2019
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 6 February 2019. Halit Habip Oğlu, President of ABTTF, accompanied by Aykut Garipoğlu from the Brussels Office of ABTTF met within the scope of the working visit met with the members of the European Parliament (EP) P...
Study visit to Strasbourg by Western Thrace Turkish delegation
23.01.2019
At the study visit, the judgements of ECtHR and ongoing legal process on Cultural Association of Turkish Women in the Prefecture of Rodopi and other Western Thrace Turkish Associations were brought to the agenda The Western Thrace Turkish delegation under the leadership of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), in parallel to the ...
WORKING VISIT TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE BY WESTERN THRACE TURKISH MINORITY ORGANIZATIONS
04.12.2018
Western Thrace Turkish Minority delegation paid a working visit to the Council of Europe located in Strasbourg in France. The visit took place on 3-4 December 2018. The visit was made under the leadership of ABTTF with the participation of Ozan Ahmetoğlu, President of Xanthi Turkish Union (İTB), Sebahattin Mümin, Vice President of Federation o...
ABTTF participates at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
30.11.2018
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at the 11th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues organized on 29-30 November 2018 at the Palace of Nations, UN office in Geneva. Aykut Garipoğlu, representative from ABTTF Brussels Office and Funda Reşit Taştekin, member of ABTTF International Affairs and Lobbying Department pa...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation is in Strasbourg
10.10.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu, President of ABTTF, and Ozan Ahmetoğlu, President of Xanthi Turkish Union, brought the case of Xanthi Turkish Union which has been waiting for the implementation the ECtHR judgment pending for ten years onto the agenda. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg in parallel to t...
ABTTF participates at OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw!
14.09.2018
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting organized on 10-21 September 2018 in Warsaw, capital of Poland, by Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Office for Democratic Organizations and Human Rights Office (ODIHR). Aykut Garipoğlu, representative from...
ABTTF participates at the Meeting of the 10th Anniversary of the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations
18.07.2018
ABTTF conveyed current problems of the Turkish community in Western Thrace with regard to the relations between its homeland Greece and motherland Turkey and raised the issue of non-registration of associations with the word “Turkish” in their names despite the judgments of ECtHR The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participa...
Western Thrace Turks participated at the FUEN 2018 Congress
26.06.2018
At the congress with the theme of “The Message of a Million: Recognition and Protection”, results and future of the successful campaign “Minority SafePack Initiative” were discussed The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at 63rd Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities(FUEN) hosted by the Council of ...
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