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Nasty attack on a mosque in Germany!
19.05.2020
As ABTTF, we strongly condemn this racist and Islamophobic attack on the DITIB Fatih Mosque and demand the perpetrators to be captured as soon as possible and brought to justice. A mosque in the vicinity of Stuttgart in Germany was attacked. Two unidentified persons left hanging a pig’s head at the door of Fatih Mosque of the Turkish...
Signatures collected for the Minority Safepack Initiative are registered online at the European Commission
15.01.2020
The signatures of support collected for the European Citizens' Initiative titled “Minority SafePack Initiative (MSPI)” of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is a member, were registered to the European Commission’s online system on 10 January 20...
Warning from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: The judgments of the ECtHR on Bekir-Ousta group of cases have not been implemented for 11 years
26.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu, President of ABTTF: “Neither the judiciary nor the executive is keen for the implementation of the judgements of the ECtHR” The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe discussed the Bekir-Ousta group of cases regarding the associations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in its meeting held ...
PACE adopted the resolution on the rights of persons belonging to national minorities
30.01.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, while we got actively involved in the preparation phase of the report and prior to the voting of the report at PACE, we articulated our views and comments during the meetings we had with the rapporteur Badea” The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on 24 Ja...
Report on the rights of national minorities by PACE
11.12.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Prior to the report prepared by Mr. Badea being voted and adopted at the General Assembly in January 2019, as the representatives of the civil society we shall continue our interventions in Strasbourg and convey our opinions and recommendations on the report to the rapporteur” On 3 December 2018, the Parliamentary Assembly of ...
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...
1 million signatures campaign for diversity in Europe has reached its goal and resulted in success
06.04.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Due to the fear caused as a result of suppression and intimidation policies of the Greek state on national minorities in the country, signatures for supporting the ‘Minority SafePack Initiative’ remained at a limited number in Greece.” The 1 million signatures campaign launched by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (...
Resolution on National Minorities by the European Parliament
12.02.2018
MEPs asked all EU member states to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities The European Parliament (EP) adopted the resolution on “Protection and non-discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States” submitted by the Member of the European Parliament(MEP) Cecilia Wickström at the plenary session ...
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...
The Minority SafePack Initiative is now available for online signatures
21.06.2017
As of today, European citizens everywhere can now support the European Citizens’ Initiative online, to promote the cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe. On the Minority SafePack Initiative campaign homepage (http://www.minority-safepack.eu) the “Sign” button will allow access to the official petition system, where the respective country form...
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