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Foreign Minister Dendias ignored the assimilation and rights violations against the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We call on our country Greece to renounce to turn its back to realities and to recognise our ethnic Turkish identity and to find solutions to our problems through a dialogue with us.” In a speech he made at an online event at the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas event organised by the Association of the Inhabitant...
Hate speech from the leader of the Church of Greece!
18.01.2021
ABTTF President: ‘The hate-based speech with respect to Islam by Archbishop Ieronymos II is an indicator of the environment in which we, as the Muslim Turkish community in Western Thrace, are in our country’. The scandalous statement of the Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos II, leader of the Orthodox Church in our country Greece in the ...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace and its organisations were once again targeted in the Greek press!
15.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We wish this approach which otherises us and sees us as a ‘threat’ in the politics and media of our country to stop.” The news that the Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU) and the Culture and Education Foundation of Western Thrace Minority (PEKEM) had donated tablet computers to pupils in need in the Western Thra...
Deputy Stilyanidis: “I do not wish such a (population) mix in especially Rodopi and Xanthi which have also a minority population”
13.01.2021
ABTTF President: “Stilyanidis once again described the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a threat and danger by pretexting the migration and refugee issue at the Greece-Turkey border.” The New Democracy Party (NDP) Deputy from Rodopi Evripidis Stilyanidis used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the ...
After Komotini, the signboard of the madrasah in Xanthi has also been changed, the word ‘Minority’ is missing in the new signboard!
31.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We strongly condemn the interventionist approach and practice of our government and request from it to withdraw this decision which is scandalous’. Following the change of the signboard of Madrasah of Hayriye Foundation Minority Secondary and High School, which is one of the two historical religious schools belongin...
The signboard of the Madrasah of Hayriye Minority Secondary and High School in Komotini has been changed, the word ‘Minority’ on the signboard has been removed!
28.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Changing the signboard with a policy of fait accompli in the middle of the night without the knowledge of the school administration, the school council and the parents’ association shows that insidious practices targeting the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are continuing'. The si...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks attended the 6th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
23.12.2020
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks composed of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the latest developments with respect to the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendship, Equality and...
Historical decision from the European Parliament: FUEN’s 1 million signature campaign proposals have been adopted by a large majority
18.12.2020
ABTTF President: “This historical decision from the EP is very important for the protection of national and linguistic minorities living in Europe and is promising for our future. At the next stage, we expect the European Commission to take the legislative steps proposed by the resolution”. The motion for a resolution supporting the ...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks attended the annual meeting of FUEN Education Working Group
11.12.2020
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks composed of ABTTF and FEP Party representatives expressed the problems in the field of education that the Turkish community in Western Thrace has been facing. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Friendship, Equality and Peace (FEP) Party representing the Turkish community in W...
Happy Human Rights Day!
10.12.2020
ABTTF President: "Unfortunately, in our country, which prides itself on being the cradle of democracy in the 72nd year of the declaration, the Turkish community in Western Thrace is still being deprived of its fundamental human rights." Today is Human Rights Day! The United Nations (UN) General Assembly had declared the 10th Dece...
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