INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ABTTF President meets with Members of the Bundestag in Berlin

02.03.2023

Examples of hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace were conveyed in the meetings held within the scope of the working visit.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Brussels

07.02.2023

President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habipoğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union (EU), on 7 February 2023. Accompanied by Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office, ABTTF President held meetings with Member of the European Parliament from the Hungarian minority in Romania, and also President of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Loránt Vincze (EPP, Romania), Jordi Solé (EFA, Spain) from the Catalan region of Spain and Cyrus Engerer (S&D, Malta).
Habip Oğlu met with the PACE President

25.01.2023

During the working visit held in parallel to the PACE Winter Session, ABTTF met with the PACE President Tiny Kox.
Representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are in Geneva for the UN Forum on Minority Issues

02.12.2022

At the Forum, which was held with the theme of the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, ABTTF and WTMUGA expressed the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the Turks in Rhodes and Kos in the field of minority rights.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Berlin

23.11.2022

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Berlin, the capital of Germany, on 23 November 2022. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, accompanied by ABTTF Head Office Manager K. Engin Soyyılmaz, met with German Bundestag deputies Filiz Polat (Alliance 90/The Greens) and Boris Mijatović (Alliance 90/The Greens) during the working visit.
ABTTF met with MEPs in Brussels

16.11.2022

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Brussels on 16 November 2022. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, whom was accompanied by Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office, met with the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (Greens/EFA) from the Corsica region of France and Yana Toom (Renew Europe) who belongs to the Russian minority community in Estonia.
The protection of national minorities in Europe and the possible impact of regional development on minority rights were discussed in the ‘‘Facts about our Country’’ programme

11.11.2022

The tenth part of the online programme series of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) titled ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ was broadcast on 10 November 2022.
ABTTF participated in the Fundamental Rights Platform annual meeting 2022

11.11.2022

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated on 10 November 2022 in the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) annual meeting 2022 organised by the European Union (EU) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). ABTTF International Affairs Director Melek Kırmacı Arık attended the online meeting themed on the rule of law in the EU.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg

12.10.2022

During its working visit, ABTTF insisted on the non-execution of the ECtHR judgments on the associations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by Greece and conveyed the current developments regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
National minorities across Europe came together in Berlin at the 66th FUEN Congress

03.10.2022

ABTTF Vice President Nabi İbrahimcik was elected as FUEN Vice President after ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, who served as FUEN Vice President for three terms in the Assembly of Delegates.

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