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Western Thrace Turks at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference
14.10.2025
ABTTF raised the issue of Greece’s systematic violation of the Turkish community in Western Thrace’s freedom of association.
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Strasbourg
01.10.2025
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Strasbourg from 29 September to 1 October 2025, in parallel with the Autumn Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
ABTTF participated in events organised to mark the European Day of Languages
26.09.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in events held in Brussels on the occasion of the European Day of Languages. Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office attended the reception organised by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which ABTTF is a full member, on the evening of Tuesday, 23 September, and the event organised by the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages of the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday, 24 September.
ABTTF and FUEN Vice President Nabi Ibraimtzik participated in FUEN’s working visit to Berlin
22.09.2025
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Vice President Nabi Ibraimtzik participated in the working visit organised by FUEN, of which ABTTF is a full member, to Berlin, the capital of Germany, on 17-18 September 2025.
ABTTF parallel report to the U.S. State Department’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Greece
18.09.2025
In its parallel report, ABTTF detailed the issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace, as well as the human rights violations and discrimination they are subjected to.
ABTTF attended the 11th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
02.06.2025
Seventeen Turkic organisations from ten different European countries participated in the meeting hosted by the Turkish community in Bulgaria.
ABTTF raised the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at an event in the European Parliament
21.05.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) delivered a presentation at the event titled ‘‘Name, Identity and Memory: 40 Years Since the Final Stage of the Change of Muslim-Turkish Names in Bulgaria’’ hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Turkish minority in Bulgaria Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew Europe, Bulgaria) in Brussels on 21 May 2025.
ABTTF President paid a working visit to Brussels
21.05.2025
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks of Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 21 May 2025.
Threats against human rights defenders were discussed at OSCE
06.05.2025
ABTTF indicated that individuals and institutions representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace have been subjected to stigmatisation, targeting and hate speech, and that associations have dissolved or not registered because their names contain the words ‘‘Turkish’’ or ‘‘Western Thrace’’, thereby attempting to intimidate and silence the Turkish community.
Special meeting with ELEN on educational issues facing the Turkish community in Western Thrace
05.05.2025
ELEN: The issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece, in education today and its current general situation cannot belong to the 21st century; they are outdated and anti-democratic!
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