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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.
Human rights cases against Greece before the ECtHR were discussed in the third part of the online programme series entitled ‘Facts about Our Country’
28.01.2022
The third programme of the online programme series entitled “Facts about our Country” organised on the Zoom platform by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was realised on 27 January 2022.
ABTTF’s programme entitled “Facts about Our Country” focused on the 39-year legal struggle of the Xanthi Turkish Union
14.01.2022
The second programme of the online programme series entitled “Facts about our Country” organised on the Zoom platform by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was realised on 13 January 2022.
Petition requesting bilingual minority kindergartens of the Turkish community in Western Thrace discussed at the EP Committee on Petitions
11.01.2022
A petition regarding the lack of bilingual minority kindergartens in Western Thrace to provide education in Turkish and Greek (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/content/0058%252F2019/html/Petition-No-0058%252F2019-by-Ozan-Ahmeto%25C4%259Flu-%2528Greek%2529-on-teaching-Turkish-in-pre-school-education-to-children-belonging-to-the-Turkish-community-in-Western-Thrace) which had been submitted by President of the Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU) Ozan Ahmetoğlu in 2019 as a pupil’s parent and with the initiatives and support of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) within the realm of the European Parliament (EP) was discussed at the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Petitions (PETI) on 10 January 2022.
Situation and issues of the Muslim community in Greece were discussed at ABTTF’s programme titled “Facts about our Country”
13.12.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) launched its online programme series titled “Facts about our Country” on 10 December 2021.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the UN Forum on Minority Issues
06.12.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended the 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues titled “Conflict Prevention and the Protection of the Human Rights of Minorities” organised in a hybrid format on 2-3 December 2021.
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar
18.11.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the Human Dimension Seminar entitled “Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Girls” organised by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on 16-17 November 2021. Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office participated in the seminar which took place in a hybrid format.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Athens
17.11.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Athens, Greece, on 16-17 November 2021. President Halit Habip Oğlu and Vice-President Mustafa Kasap, who travelled to Athens as the first act of the ABTTF 21st Presidium, had a series of meetings within the framework of the working visit in Athens which is the actual place to find long lasting solutions to the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, along with Nihan Ayan from ABTTF Athens Office.
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