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ABTTF met Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding
09.10.2013
Problems of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority were explained from primary source at the meeting realized upon initiative of François Alfonsi, Member of the European Parlia-ment who visited Western Thrace in October 2012
ABTTF met with Council of Europe officials in Strasbourg
03.10.2013
ABTTF communicated Minority’s ongoing problems to the Office of Council Europe Human Rights Commissioner and European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) ABTTF paid an official visit to European Council Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on 1-2 October 2013.
ABTTF attended OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
30.09.2013
ABTTF and WTMUGA gave voice to problems Western Thrace Turkish Minority encoun-ters on several grounds
The problem of the minority education is again on the UN agenda
19.09.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement to the 24th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Through the written statement on the subject of “the right not to be discriminated and the education in mother tongue: The Problem of bilingual minority pre-school education in Greece”, ABTTF conveyed the problem of bilingual education to the UN agenda.
ABTTF Parallel Reports on 2012 US Reports on Human Rights and Religious Freedoms in Greece
23.07.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has prepared and submitted two parallel reports regarding US Department of State 2012 Human Rights Country report on Greece and 2012 Religious Freedoms Report.
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
15.07.2013
ABTTF voiced the problems Western Thrace Turkish Minority encounters as for right to self identification, freedom of association, freedom of religion or belief and right to education
2013 FUEN Congress witnessed Western Thrace Turkish Minority undersign a historical accomplishment
24.06.2013
ABTTF President has been elected FUEN Vice-President
The Cooperation of ABTTF and DEB Party goes on with strengthening pace
11.06.2013
Representatives of the Hungarian Minority in Romania and Federal Union of European Na-tionalities (FUEN) Director visited Western Thrace
ABTTF met with Members of the European Parliament in Brussels
31.05.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu and ABTTF Vice-President had meetings with Euro deputies Kinga Göncz and Iuliu Winkler
Problems of the minority associations dissolved on the grounds of bearing the word “Turk” in their titles has been reported to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
29.05.2013
A report on Greece’s persistent non-execution of European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decisions has been submitted to UNHRC Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement on...
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