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Working visit to Strasbourg by the delegation of Western Thrace Turks
02.10.2019
The delegation which consisted of the representatives of Turkish minority of Western Thrace Turks payed a working visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 30 September and 2 October. During the working visit, the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace particularly non-implementation of the European Cou...
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 ...
Protest march by Xanthi Minority Secondary-High School!
23.09.2019
ABTTF President: We fully support the Parents’ Council, the School Council and the parents who are demonstrating their reactions by using their democratic rights. If rights are not granted, they are conquered, there is no other way!” Xanthi Minority Secondary School - High School, has organized a march on 23 September 2019. The paren...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
20.09.2019
In the meeting, ABTTF raised the issues regarding the restrictions on the registration of the associations whose names include the word “Turkish” despite the judgements of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the interventions on the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Federation of Western Thra...
The principal of Medrese-i Hayriye in Komotini was sacked!
19.09.2019
Üzeyir Ahmet was working for long time in the historical Medrese-i Hayriye in Komotini belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace which has an autonomous status in education. However, he was sacked following the decision taken by Kostandinos Bandikos, Director of Education in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region on 13 September 2019. ...
The delegation of Western Thrace Turks payed a visit to Strasbourg
18.09.2019
Greece has not been implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for 11 years on the cases brought by the associations whose activities are not allowed due to their names which include the word “Turkish”. On 17 September 2019, in the visit to Strasbourg, the delegation of Western Thrace Turks raised...
Protest at Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School!
12.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: As ABTTF, we support the decision to protest of the parents of the children of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and ask the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School have a new building with sufficient capacity to accommodate the students and relieve t...
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...
Five more minority primary schools in Western Thrace will be closed in the new school year!
23.08.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The number of primary schools belonging to Western Thrace Turks is rapidly diminishing with decision on closure of schools with no consideration of the autonomous status of Western Thrace Turkish community in education and their granted rights. In violation of the relevant legislation, closing schools on the grounds of low ...
Video by ABTTF on religious freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
15.08.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) conveys the current events and the latest developments occurred in Western Thrace related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace to the world public opinion through the videos made in English. At the same time, through these videos, it is aimed to better present the customs and traditions of ...
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