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OSCE 2023 Hate Crime Report was published
15.11.2024
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) published its 2023 Hate Crime Report ahead of the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November. The report, which includes statistical and descriptive information on hate crime incidents in states in the OSCE region, ...
Greek Orthodox minority population is increasing in Gökçeada and Bozcaada
02.10.2024
ABTTF President: “With the permission of our motherland Türkiye, the Greek Orthodox minority population on the island increased significantly with the opening of a private Greek primary school for only 3 children in Gökçeada in 2013, followed by the opening of a private Greek secondary and high school in 2015. If our country ...
Hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
11.09.2024
ABTTF President: “Hate speech targeting vulnerable groups and their members, including national minorities within the EU, constitutes a serious issue today, not only on social media but also in traditional print and broadcast media. In our country, prominent representatives of our community, rights defenders and organisations have been subjec...
The European Commission published the 2024 Rule of Law Report
25.07.2024
The report also referred to the non-execution of ECtHR judgments by Greece and the violation of the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The European Commission published the 2024 Rule of Law Report, which objectively and systematically analyses developments pertaining to the rule of law in the 27 EU Member States a...
Minority school in Gökçeada enables the return of the population
09.07.2024
ABTTF President: “With the permission of Türkiye, a primary school was opened with only 3 students, whereas in our Western Thrace the situation is exactly the opposite. With the decision to close primary schools with less than 9 students, the number of primary schools decreased from 188 in 2011 to 90 today. If the state had heard our jus...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu: “We showed that we are ‘Turks’ with the votes we casted to our party in the 2024 EP elections, and we proved our existence in the region with the votes our party received.”
14.06.2024
In the European Parliament (EP) elections held in Greece on 9 June 2024, the Friendship Equality and Peace (FEP) Party, the only political party and representative of the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the political field, became the first party by receiving the most votes in the prefectures of Rodopi and Xanthi, as in 2014 and 2019. and ac...
FEP Party made history again in the European Parliament elections!
10.06.2024
ABTTF President: “With the great success of our party in the EP elections, our community delivered a very strong message to those who govern our country, saying ‘We exist, and we are Turks!’ to those who persistently deny our existence and identity in our country. I wholeheartedly congratulate our FEP Party, which made history for...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu: “Our country’s national courts and judges must also take into consideration the ECtHR judgments and jurisprudence.”
07.06.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country Greece has been disregarding the principle of the rule of law and European values by failing to execute the ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases, which includes the associations of our community for the past 16 years. Our country’s national courts and judges must also take int...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu spoke to TRT World about the participation of the FEP Party in the EP elections
03.06.2024
ABTTF President: “Through the FEP Party in Greece, Turks in Western Thrace want to tell the world: ‘We are here too, hear us! Listen to our problems!’’ The upcoming European Parliament (EP) elections and the participation of the Friendship Equality Peace (DEB) Party in the elections were discussed in the special news repo...
EP Rapporteur drew attention to the issues regarding the rule of law in Greece
01.03.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country, which has not executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding our three associations for the past 16 years, continues to disregard the principle of the rule of law, despite clearly damaging its reputation in the international arena. If our country, which has been a member of the EU since 1...
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