INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ABTTF attended the EP Minorities Intergroup meeting

07.04.2022

In its presentation at the meeting, ABTTF expressed the issues experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of education.
ABTTF attended the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting

29.03.2022

At the meeting, ABTTF indicated the structural and systematic discrimination in Greece with notably hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace, especially in politics and media.
The failure of Greece to execute the judgments of the ECtHR regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases were discussed in the ‘Facts about our Country’ programme

25.03.2022

The seventh part of the online programme series titled ‘Facts about our Country’ of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 24 March 2022.
ABTTF attended the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council

24.03.2022

ABTTF, which participated in the Conclusion Session of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism with respect to Greece, presented its recommendations on the issues regarding the recognition of the ethnic Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, the restoration of the educational and religious autonomy, and the execution of the ECtHR judgments as regards the freedom to form associations.
Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases was discussed from a legal perspective in the “Facts about Our Country” programme series

18.03.2022

The sixth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about Our Country” of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 17 March 2022.
Letter from ABTTF to the Council of Europe about the investigation into the march organised by the Xanthi Turkish Union

04.03.2022

ABTTF President: “The investigation initiated by the office of the prosecutor’ has once again made it clear that our country has disregarded its obligation to execute the ECtHR judgments regarding our associations since 2008. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe must now initiate the infringement procedure against our country in accordance with the relevant article of the European Convention on Human Rights without delay.”
ABTTF paid a working visit to Athens and Thessaloniki

01.03.2022

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Athens, the capital city of Greece, and Thessaloniki from 28 February to 1 March 2022. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu held a series of talks for an open and constructive dialogue as part of his working visit, accompanied by Nihan Ayan from the ABTTF Athens Office.
The issues of the Macedonian minority in Greece were discussed at the ‘Facts about our Country’ programme

25.02.2022

The fifth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about Our Country’ of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 24 February 2022.
ABTTF attended the international seminar titled “Human Rights Violations Faced by Muslims”

17.02.2022

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated to an international seminar entitled “Human Rights Violations Faced by Muslims” which was organised in cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Turkey and the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 16-17 February 2022 in Istanbul.
The legal struggle of the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Prefecture of Rodopi which has been waiting to be registered for 21 years was discussed in the “Facts about Our Country” programme

11.02.2022

The fourth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about Our Country” organised by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) on the Zoom platform was realised on 10 February 2022.

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