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Mitsotakis: There can be no equitable development unless the rule of law is implemented
02.07.2024
ABTTF President: “I agree with Mitsotakis, it is not possible to create a fair society, equitable development and equal democracy unless the rule of law is implemented as a whole. For this reason, I reiterate our call without hesitation. Our country Greece must put an end to the violation of our freedom of association and execute the ECtHR ju...
Statements from ND Deputy Syrigos that distort the facts about the Turkish community in Western Thrace
21.06.2024
ABTTF President: “With the votes we casted for our FEP Party in the European Parliament (EP) elections, we made our party the first party in the prefectures of Rodopi and Xanthi, clearly showing that we are ‘Turks’ to everyone who denies our identity, like Syrigos, and proved our presence in our region. No matter how much Syrigos ...
Habip Oğlu: “Despite the historic success of our FEP Party in the 2024 EP elections, the rulers of our country continue to deny the identity of our community.”
14.06.2024
ABTTF President: “The FEP Party is the party of our community, and it is the Turks who voted for it and made it the first party in the prefectures of Rodopi and Xanthi. Our party’s last election success has once again confirmed this fact, despite all our country’s denial policy. If our Prime Minister, who nominated an Albanian cit...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu: “We showed that we are ‘Turks’ with the votes we casted to our party in the 2024 EP elections, and we proved our existence in the region with the votes our party received.”
14.06.2024
In the European Parliament (EP) elections held in Greece on 9 June 2024, the Friendship Equality and Peace (FEP) Party, the only political party and representative of the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the political field, became the first party by receiving the most votes in the prefectures of Rodopi and Xanthi, as in 2014 and 2019. and ac...
FEP Party made history again in the European Parliament elections!
10.06.2024
ABTTF President: “With the great success of our party in the EP elections, our community delivered a very strong message to those who govern our country, saying ‘We exist, and we are Turks!’ to those who persistently deny our existence and identity in our country. I wholeheartedly congratulate our FEP Party, which made history for...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu spoke to TRT World about the participation of the FEP Party in the EP elections
03.06.2024
ABTTF President: “Through the FEP Party in Greece, Turks in Western Thrace want to tell the world: ‘We are here too, hear us! Listen to our problems!’’ The upcoming European Parliament (EP) elections and the participation of the Friendship Equality Peace (DEB) Party in the elections were discussed in the special news repo...
51% of people in Greece complain about the democracy deficit
16.05.2024
ABTTF President: “The legal system in our country is under the influence of politics to a degree that it has not been in recent years, and those who hold the executive power use strategic cases with political motives as a tool of intimidation. Our community’s associations and representatives who defend their rights have been subjected t...
SYRIZA President Kasselakis: “We want a modern Greece that respects human rights, the rule of law and international law”
15.05.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country, which has not executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding our three associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases for the past 16 years, is following a strategy of playing for time on this issue and constantly stalling the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Al...
Prime Minister Mitsotakis paid a visit to Ankara
14.05.2024
ABTTF President: “As our Prime Minister pointed out, as the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are a bridge of friendship and peace between our country and our motherland, and we believe that if the government shows the will, our issues will definitely be solved through dialogue and good will. At this point, we invite our Prime Minister,...
Leader of the Goldan Dawn criminal organisation Michaloliakos was released from prison
03.05.2024
ABTTF President: “The court’s decision to release Nikolaos Michaloliakos, the leader of the criminal organisation Golden Dawn, despite the prosecutor’s objection and no remorse for what I did, is a situation that hurts the public conscience and is alarming and unacceptable for our country Greece.’’ The racist Golden...
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