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Greece among the ten countries with the most complaints against it at the ECtHR
04.11.2021
ABTTF President: “As the judge from our country at the ECtHR, Ioannis Ktistakis, made it clear, our country should execute immediately ECtHR judgments against it as regards the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases where Western Thrace Turkish associations are included and thus end a 13-year long weakness for itself.” The Europ...
21st period ABTTF Presidium determined its distribution of roles
01.11.2021
The President and the Vice Presidents of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) were elected as a result of the elections held at the 21st Ordinary General Assembly meeting held in Giessen, Germany on 23 October 2021, within the framework of measures implemented to combat the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The 21s...
ABTTF elected its new presidium
25.10.2021
With the elections, the Presidium of the 21st legislative period along with the Audit and Disciplinary Boards were elected to govern ABTTF for the next four years. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) realised its 21st Ordinary General Assembly meeting on Saturday 23 October 2021. Within the framework of the measures implemen...
Stylianidis continues to target the Turkish community in Western Thrace
19.10.2021
ABTTF President: “MP Stylianidis continues his efforts to distort the facts in the eyes of the public, claiming that our motherland is using the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a tool at every opportunity just for the sakes of his own political career. Even Prime Minister Mitsotakis is now uncomfortable with Stylianidis’ remarks....
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended OSCE conference
18.10.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation which was comprised of ABTTF and WTMUGA representatives explained the violation of the freedom of assembly of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the ECtHR judgments as regards the Western Thrace Turkish associations which Greece has not executed for the past 13 years. The Turkish community in ...
Arbitrary investigations and trials as a means of political repression against muftis elected by the Western Thrace Turks
15.10.2021
ABTTF President: “While the ECtHR has a judgment against our country on a similar issue, it is clear that the presentation of our mufti Ibrahim Şerif before the court on charges of ‘usurpation of office’ is based on political motives and is a means of intimidating our community.” The hearing of the case against Rodo...
ABTTF attended the 2021 European Regional Forum on Minorities
14.10.2021
In its presentation at the Forum, ABTTF cited examples of structural and systematic discrimination against the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace participated to the European Regional Forum on Minorities which was held online...
There is still no Muslim cemetery in Athens
08.10.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Reminding our country Greece of its obligations in the field of freedom of religion and worship, we invite the Greek authorities to respond positively immediately to the requests of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for mosques and cemeteries’. There is still no Muslim cemetery in Greece’s capital At...
Greece’s test with ECtHR case-law
29.09.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country’s former Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos somehow does not mention the ECtHR judgments regarding the Western Thrace Turkish associations. As Venizelos knows very well, our country is obliged to fully comply with ECtHR case-law and cannot make a choice insofar as I decide to execute this ECtHR judge...
Circular restricting the fulfilment of the religious obligations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Friday is a day of mass worship and is a sacred day to Muslims. We call on the Greek authorities to respect the religiously sacred days of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to immediately revoke the circular, which lacks good faith’. The circular dated 17.09.2021, signed by Konstantinos Bandikos, Director ...
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