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President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was in Western Thrace
01.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We, Turks were ignored during the visit of the President!’ Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid an official visit to Western Thrace on 28-30 May. Sakellaropoulou which began her visit on Thursday 28 May in Xanthi, went to Komotini on Friday and visited her hometown Stavroupoli (Yeniköy) on Saturday. W...
Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the application of the Western Thrace Turkish associations!
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to stop its stalling tactics and to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” The Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the applications for recognition by the Cultural Association of Turkish Wom...
Condemnation by Medrese-i Hayriye Councillors’ Delegation addressed to the appointed Komotini Foundations’ Administration
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The appointed Foundations’ Administration must immediately cease to perceive Medrese-i-Hayriye as its backyard.’’ In its statement to the public, the Medrese-i-Hayriye Foundation Minority High School which belongs to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and is located in the city of Komotini, condemn...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
27.05.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF raised examples of discrimination and intolerance against the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 25-26 May 2020 the online Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on behalf of the Tu...
Map of less-favoured areas where EU rural development funds are used updated!
20.05.2020
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: “Turkish villages have been shown as dynamic whereas Greek villages next to Turkish villages have been shown as less-favoured. The assistance which has been granted for years according to this list has been unequal and discriminatory and the Turkish community in Western Thrace has faced economic damage as a r...
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...
Racist attack on a fountain built by a Western Thrace Turk!
15.05.2020
A fountain in the village of Nimfea (Yanıköy) in Komotini, Greece, which was built by a philanthropist belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, was damaged by unidentified persons. According to the newspaper Gündem, the fountain plate written in Turkish was removed on Tuesday night on 12 May 2020 and a slogan against the Turk...
ABTTF’s contribution to Ministry of Education’s draft amendment on pilot practice regarding teaching of English in kindergartens
08.05.2020
ABTTF President: “It is impossible to teach Greek or English without having lessons in mother tongue. With the authorisation to the establishment of bilingual Turkish kindergartens, children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace will be able to choose between state schools where Turkish is taught or Turkish kindergartens”...
In Western Thrace, it was hindered to play the Ramadan drum!
30.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We want this and other similar malicious actions harming the peaceful coexistence of Turks and Greeks in Western Thrace for centuries to end immediately.” During the holy month of Ramadan in which we are, prohibitive actions against the traditional and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrac...
Turkish imam in Western Thrace was called to testify at police station!
27.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We call on the Greek authorities to immediately end their attempts targeting religious and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrace under the pretext of tackling the virus outbreak’. An imam belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece was called to testify on grounds of having l...
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