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The issues of the Western Thrace Turks were conveyed at the United Nations
07.02.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), which is in a special consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council, representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended the 87th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on 5-6 February 2024 in Geneva, Sw...
Deputy Prime Minister Marinakis: The government has taken very important steps for the rule of law, human rights and press freedom
07.02.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country’s persistent failure to execute the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights with respect to our three associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases for almost 16 years is a clear proof that it disregards the principle of the rule of law and the values of the EU, of which it has been a me...
The guest of the ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ programme was Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes
01.02.2024
The twelfth part of the online programme series of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) titled ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ was broadcast on 1 February 2024. Former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes, who had visited Western Thrace in 2019, was the guest of...
Strong criticism of Greece regarding the rule of law in the European Parliament
23.01.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country, which became a member of the EU in 1981, continues its attitude of disregarding the principle of the rule of law by persistently not executing three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the associations of our community for the past 15 years. The truth is plainly obvious. Our country must no...
Blockage from Greece in Albania’s EU accession process
18.01.2024
ABTTF President: “The rule of law must be fully and completely respected not only by EU candidate countries but also by current EU Member States. Unfortunately, our country Greece does not respect this principle. There are three ECtHR judgments waiting to be executed since 2008, and our country persistently fails to execute the ECtHR judgment...
Written contribution from ABTTF to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission
15.01.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) sent its written contribution to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission. ABTTF, which participated in the online targeted stakeholder consultation initiated by the European Commission and open to non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders in EU Member States for the...
The rapprochement in bilateral relations between our motherland and our country and the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
11.01.2024
ABTTF President: “We expect and demand the government to show the same goodwill towards our community, and to produce solutions to our issues that have been going on for years, especially those related to education, freedom of association and religious freedom, in dialogue with our community, not despite it’’. Speaking to Gre...
Will our rights be restituted on the 50th anniversary of the restoration of democracy?
04.01.2024
ABTTF President: “What about us Western Thrace Turks? As we always say, our country restored democracy in 1974, but democracy did not reach our region. Mitsotakis says, ‘‘We are Europe, we deserve to be European at every level’’. If so, aren’t Western Thrace Turks a part of this country? Aren’t we Europeans...
A special reference was made to respect for minority rights at the EU-Western Balkans Summit
20.12.2023
ABTTF President: “Why has our country, which is one of the oldest members of the EU and boasts of being the cradle of democracy at every opportunity, persistently not executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding our associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases for the past fifteen years? Why does our cou...
President Sakellaropoulou: Human rights are not a luxury
13.12.2023
ABTTF President: “If human rights are not a luxury, why does our country perceive human rights as a luxury and do not grant them to our community, which fights for human rights to survive as a minority? We ask this to our President and demand that the double standards applied to our community in the implementation of human rights in our count...
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