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Our country’s rulers persist in distorting the facts
25.11.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘The statements made by Marinakis perfectly reflects the policy of our country’s rulers, which we have been familiar with for years, of hiding the facts about the state of the rule of law and ignoring the problems. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we know very well this policy and attitude. Our country...
Ombudsman Pottakis drew attention to the decline in citizens’ trust in the state’s fundamental institutions
21.11.2025
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we have been experiencing first-hand the consequences of the weakening of democratic institutions and the decline in the rule of law in our country for years. Our country has failed to execute the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments regarding our associations in the Bek...
The European Court of Human Rights has once again condemned Greece for the unnecessary delay in implementing the rulings of national courts
14.11.2025
ABTTF President: “The ECtHR’s latest judgment has once again confirmed the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country Greece. We call upon our country, which constantly claims to be the cradle of democracy and attempts to lecture neighbouring countries on democracy and the rule of law, to first clean up its own backyard and ...
President of the Council of State Pikramenos emphasised the importance of upholding the rule of law and adhering to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
11.11.2025
ABTTF President: “Our country, which has failed to execute three judgments regarding our community’s associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases for the past 17 years and has politicised this group of cases over the years, has been found guilty once again in June 2025 for violating Article 11 of the Convention on freedom o...
Greece ranks among the lowest in Europe in terms of the rule of law
31.10.2025
ABTTF President: “The Turkish community in Western Thrace is directly and most severely affected by the restriction of freedom of association in our country. Our country, which has failed to execute the three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases for over 17 years, has once again ...
FUEN published an analysis on the difficulties faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the Turks of Rhodes and Kos in Greece
22.10.2025
The project known as MinorityMonitor.eu, established by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is a member, aims to provide a common platform for autochthonous national minorities and language communities in Europe to publicise human rights violations and abuses. In this...
New Left member Stamatis Sakellion opened ‘‘Pandora’s Box’’
22.10.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘For the first time, a Greek has written with complete candour about the anti-democratic, discriminatory and oppressive state policy we face in our own country and the practices associated with it. What Sakellion has written is the stark reality of our country. Our country, which prides itself on being the cradle of de...
Director of the Presidential Legal Office Kousoulis: The efficiency of our judicial system has been among the lowest in EU Member States for years
20.10.2025
ABTTF President: “The statements made at the meeting, which was also attended by the Minister of Justice, are common knowledge. Our country must heed the constructive warnings of the EU and the Council of Europe and take the necessary steps without further delay to address the systematic violation of the rule of law’’. Greece&r...
Vouliwatch Director Loukopoulos drew attention to violations of the rule of law in Greece
09.10.2025
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we too are directly experiencing the negative consequences of the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country. Our country’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, disregards the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments concerning the Bekir-Ousta and Others...
Statement from the Association of Greek Judges and Prosecutors on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law
08.10.2025
ABTTF President: “The failure to execute the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases, which has been completely politicized by our country, is clearly stated in European Commission reports as one of the most striking examples of the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country&rs...
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