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Heinous attack to Turkish cemetery in Alexandropolis!
04.06.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We severely condemn this heinous attack made to our cemetery, as the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are not deceived by such provocations which has got several examples from the past and we want it is known that we will continue our rightful struggle within the scope of democracy and principles of the universal law...
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras made statements about Mufti offices and foundations during his visit to Western Thrace
10.05.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu, “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we demand that the Greek government should immediately put an end to its unilateral practices that would undermine our right to religious autonomy guaranteed by international treaties and engage into a direct dialogue with us in resolving our problems.” Greek Prime Minist...
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues holds its first regional forum in Brussels
08.05.2019
In the regional forum where the right to education of minorities was discussed, the Western Thrace Turks conveyed the problems in the minority schools’ education system. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), participated at the 1st Regional Forum on Minority Issues held on 6-7 May 2019 in Brussels, for the first time, by Pr...
ABTTF attended the annual meeting of FUEN Education Working Group
08.05.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at the annual meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), held on 6-8 May 2019 at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels. At the meeting held in parallel to the first European Regional Forum on Minority Issues organised by ...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the OSCE meeting on freedom of religion or belief
03.04.2019
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisted of representatives of ABTTF and WTMUGA, expressed the Greece’s interferences aimed at abolishing the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the judicial proceedings against the elected Muftis. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Western Thrace ...
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2018 Human Rights Report
29.03.2019
In its parallel report, ABTTF expressed the injustices and problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has prepared a parallel report in response to the statements related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Greece 2018 Human Rights Report published by the Un...
All the world should make a joint stand against Islamophobia on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination!
21.03.2019
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is celebrated with many events in worldwide with the motto “Let’s fight against racism”. The United Nations declared 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966 and declared this year’s theme as “Mitigatin...
ABTTF and EFA co-organized a conference on education at the European Parliament
20.03.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organized a joint conference at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels on March 20, 2019 with the European Free Alliance (EFA) which has a political group within the European Parliament. Conference with the theme “Fundamental Problems in Education Facing Minorities in Europe: Comparing Th...
Written Statement to UN Human Rights Council from ABTTF
01.03.2019
ABTTF brought the issue of non-execution of ECtHR judgements related to the associations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by Greece to the agenda Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement with the title “Restricting legislation threatening the freedom of association in Greece and problem o...
Happy International Mother Tongue Day!
20.02.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu, President of ABTTF: “Repeating our demand for bilingual minority kindergartens, we ask Greece to provide solutions for current problems through a dialogue with the Turkish community in Western Thrace to establish a qualified bilingual minority education system” Following the proclamation of 21st February as International Mother...
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