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ABTTF President paid a working visit to the PACE Autumn Session
04.10.2024
Within the framework of his Strasbourg contacts, ABTTF President indicated that the execution of the ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta group of cases is a litmus test for our country where the rule of law is under threat.
ABTTF attended the 68th FUEN Congress in Germany
23.09.2024
At the FUEN Assembly of Delegates, the resolution on the violation of the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace was adopted.
ABTTF submitted two written statements to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
20.09.2024
ABTTF brought the defamatory campaign targeting the political representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the dissolution of the FEP Party to the UN agenda
Parallel report by ABTTF on the U.S. 2023 International Religious Freedom Report on Greece
16.08.2024
In its parallel report, ABTTF expressed in detail the issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the religious field and the current developments regarding freedom of religion.
ABTTF submitted two written statements to the UN
09.07.2024
ABTTF brought the issue of freedom of association and the targeting of the Turkish community in Western Thrace to the agenda and emphasised that the rule of law in Greece has been seriously undermined
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
26.06.2024
Conveying the latest developments in Western Thrace, ABTTF President brought to the agenda the closure of the Fenerbahçe Association and the portrayal of the success of the FEP Party in the EP elections as a threat to the national integrity of the Turkish community.
Turkic minorities and communities in Romania and Bulgaria and the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece
15.05.2024
ABTTF President and TAG Spokesman: ‘‘The main point is a well-intentioned approach! There is no reason why the current issues cannot be solved the day our country recognises our existence, our identity and sees us as real wealth! Without good will, issues are not solved, new ones are added to existing ones every day. It is up to us to fight to make our voices heard in every field. As we always do!’’
Western Thrace Turkish delegation at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
23.04.2024
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisting of ABTTF and WTMUGA, pointed out that, as an important indicator of the rule of law, the ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases have not been executed for the past 16 years and that the organisations and leading representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace have been targeted.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
17.04.2024
During the working visit held parallel to the PACE Spring Plenary Session, ABTTF President met with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
ABTTF attended the 6th annual meeting of FUEN’s Education Working Group
10.04.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 6th Annual Meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which it is a full member which was held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on 9-10 April 2024. Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office attended the meeting titled ‘‘Primary school - primary level in minority education’’ hosted by the Swedish minority in Finland.
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