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Extend of Zaev's concessions exposed in former Greek PM's letter
03.07.2019
In the run up to the Greek elections, SYRIZA has published a letter by former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis from 2005. The letter makes it clear the Zaev Government went much further in accepting Greek proposals for the Prespa agreement than previously known. The letter was published as a counterattack to harsh criticism by the conservativ...
The USA 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom on Greece
02.07.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “In the part on Greece within U.S report, the problems in the field of religion faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace are again covered incompletely and superficially. Like in previous years, as ABTTF, we will present in detail the views and demands of the Turkish community in Western Thrace regarding the themes o...
EFA urges the European Commission to safeguard the rights of minorities in Greece
19.06.2019
The European Free Alliance has addressed the European Commission, reminding it of its responsibilities as guarantor of the Charter of Fundamental rights of the EU. EFA emphasizes the lack of sufficient effort by the EU and the Greek government to put a halt to the ongoing violations of the rights of the Turkish and Macedonian communities. You ca...
ECHR Finds Greece Guilty of ill-treatment of 5 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
14.06.2019
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that Greece violated articles 1, 3, and 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights by exposing five unaccompanied migrant minors to inhumane and degrading treatment. The minors, who were Afghan nationals and applied for asylum, were detained in inhuman conditions rather than being offered temporary a...
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe warns Greece once again
11.12.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Despite the decade passed, our country Greece insists on not implementing the ECtHR judgements” As part of its supervision mandate of the implementation of ECtHR judgements, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at its meeting on 4-6 December 2018 in Strasbourg, reviewed the Bekir-Ousta cases related to the assoc...
FUEN calls on Greece to immediately implement the judgements of ECtHR related to the Western Thrace Turkish associations
05.07.2018
The resolution on the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and implementation of the related judgements of the European Court of Human Rights taken against Greece, which was submitted by the “Western Thrace Turkish delegation” consisted of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority...
US State Department released International Religious Freedom Report
31.05.2018
In the section on Greece, official thesis of the Greek state on problems of Western Thrace Turkish community is repeated The International Religious Freedom Report which has been published for 20 years by the State Department of the United State of America was released for the year 2017. In the section on Greece, problems of Western Thrace T...
Greece 2017 Human Rights Report by U.S. Department of State released
09.05.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As it had been in the past, while the problems of Western Thrace Turks are touched upon deficiently and superficially in the report, views of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are not covered and the official state thesis is repeated.” The Department of State of the United States of America (U.S.A.) released the 2017 Cou...
Turcophobic, racist statement by Greek Former Foreign Minister Pangalos
14.02.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We strongly condemn the scandalous, racist and fascist statement of Theodoros Pangalos.” Theodoros Pangalos, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, signed a scandal with his statement he made for Radio Skai. Replying to the question related to interventions of Turkey in Aegean, Pangloss said: “The only good Turk is a de...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe monitors Greece
30.01.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: The PACE closely follows the case of Xanthi Turkish Union, it is very important to convey the developments on the issue to Strasbourg The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted its 2017 annual Monitoring Report and the resolution at the PACE 2018 Winter Session on 25 January 2018 in Strasbourg. Developm...
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