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ABTTF attended the OSCE Conference on Lund Recommendations
15.11.2019
ABTTF raised the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the conference where the participation of national minorities in public life is discussed.
Working visit to Strasbourg by the delegation of Western Thrace Turks
02.10.2019
The delegation which consisted of the representatives of Turkish minority of Western Thrace Turks payed a working visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 30 September and 2 October.
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
20.09.2019
In the meeting, ABTTF raised the issues regarding the restrictions on the registration of the associations whose names include the word “Turkish” despite the judgements of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the interventions on the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
Parallel report by ABTTF on the US 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Greece
23.07.2019
In its parallel report, ABTTF cited Greece’s problems in the area of religious freedom of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and called on Greece to stop immediately interfering with the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to fully respect its religious freedom.
Western Thrace Turks participated at the FUEN 2019 Congress
17.06.2019
President of ABTTF, Halit Habip Oğlu was elected as the Vice President of FUEN for the third time at the FUEN Board of Delegates, held within the framework of the congress where the Turkish community in Western Thrace represented by ABTTF.
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues holds its first regional forum in Brussels
08.05.2019
In the regional forum where the right to education of minorities was discussed, the Western Thrace Turks conveyed the problems in the minority schools’ education system.
ABTTF attended the annual meeting of FUEN Education Working Group
08.05.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at the annual meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), held on 6-8 May 2019 at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels. At the meeting held in parallel to the first European Regional Forum on Minority Issues organised by Fernand de Varennes, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues with the support of the Tom Lantos Institute on 6-7 May 2019 in Brussels, ABTTF conveyed the problems experienced in education and the work carried out on education throughout the year to the representatives of other FUEN member minority organisations in Europe.
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the OSCE meeting on freedom of religion or belief
03.04.2019
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisted of representatives of ABTTF and WTMUGA, expressed the Greece’s interferences aimed at abolishing the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the judicial proceedings against the elected Muftis.
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2018 Human Rights Report
29.03.2019
In its parallel report, ABTTF expressed the injustices and problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has prepared a parallel report in response to the statements related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Greece 2018 Human Rights Report published by the United States Department of State. In its parallel report submitted to the US authorities, ABTTF gave detailed information on the issues related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and reported on current developments which are not covered in the USA report.
ABTTF and EFA co-organized a conference on education at the European Parliament
20.03.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organized a joint conference at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels on March 20, 2019 with the European Free Alliance (EFA) which has a political group within the European Parliament. Conference with the theme “Fundamental Problems in Education Facing Minorities in Europe: Comparing The Cases of Western Thrace Turks and German Minority in Denmark” was hosted by MEP Josep-Maria Terricabras, Vice President of the Greens/ EFA Group in the European Parliament and Co-Chairs of the European Parliament Intergroup “Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.
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