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Provocative act from Lagos
31.01.2020
EU MP Yannis Lagos, who left the racist Golden Dawn Party in July 2019, yesterday ripped the Turkish flag at a session of the European Parliament which was related to the plight of migrants and refugees on the Greek islands and said, "This is all that it deserves, nothing else. Let the Turks come out and we will end our dealings with them,&quo...
Report from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs on attacks on religious sites
27.12.2019
ABTTF President: “Attacks on places of worship and mosques belonging to the Turkish community of Western Thrace are provocative attacks aimed at disrupting the peaceful environment in the region while targeting freedom of religion and belief” The Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs has just released its 2018 report on i...
Kos Municipality is confiscating the foundation's revenues on the grounds of the restoration of Defterdar Mosque!
23.12.2019
ABTTF President: ‘The municipality is trying to create a fortune from the suffering caused by the natural disaster. It is utterly unacceptable for the municipality to reach an agreement with the appointed foundation managers and collect the rental income of the shops under the mosque’. There is a series of surprising developmen...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe stated that Greece must comply with the decisions of ECtHR
11.12.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to immediately implement the decisions of ECtHR regarding the associations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Macedonian minority.” The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervised the execution of the decision of European Court of Human Rights (ECtH...
Greece jails elected Mufti of Rodopi for usurping authority
12.11.2019
Ibrahim Serif, elected Mufti of Rodopi, was sentenced to 80 days prison for "usurpation of Mufti office”. The hearing was held before the Criminal Court of First Instance of Alexandropolis on 5 November 2019. His lawyer has appealed the decision in a higher court. Below is an article published by The Express Tribune. An elect...
Turkish community in Western Thrace was targeted once again!
08.11.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We demand that the exclusivist populist politics and hostile statements targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace which lives in Greece for centuries and is part of the society must end.” Greek politicians continue to target the Turkish community in Western Thrace in their statements on every occasion while...
Report by Minority Rights Group Europe about Western Thrace Turks
23.10.2019
Minority Rights Group Europe (MRGE), one of the leading international non-governmental organisations which work on minority rights field published a report entitled “The Turkish Minority in Western Thrace: The Long Struggle for Rights and Recognition” on 23 October 2019. The report was written by Evelin Verhás who currently works...
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister announces support for the Greeks of Bozcaada (Tenedos)
04.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Christians in Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) are of Greek origin according to the Lausanne Treaty, on the other side we are Turks in Western Thrace!” Antonis Diamataris, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Diaspora Greeks, described Greece’s support for the Greeks of Bozc...
Mosques in Kos are still kept closed for prayer on the grounds of restoration
26.07.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We demand from our country Greece to protect and restore the mosques built in the Ottoman period in Kos as soon as possible since it is a part of its cultural heritage and to respect the freedom of religion of Turkish community living on the island” Defterdar Haci Ibrahim Efendi Mosque located in the center of Kos ...
Margaritis Schinas was nominated by Greece for European Commissioner
18.07.2019
Following the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new European Commission President, Margaritis Schinas was nominated as Greece’s representative in the European Commission. Margaritis Schinas currently works as European Commission’s chief spokesman and he worked as a member of the European Parliament during 2007-2009 with New Democr...
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