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Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna
17.05.2022
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation consisting of ABTTF and WTMUGA brought forward that the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace has been violated and that the ECtHR judgments have not been executed for the past 14 years.
The Western Thrace Turkish Delegation attended the European-Central Asian Regional Forum on Minority Issues
04.05.2022
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of the representatives of ABTTF and WTMUGA explained about the legal obstacles to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in its presentations at the meeting.
ABTTF reported attacks targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Islamophobic hate attacks and hate speech to the OSCE
02.05.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) forwarded to the OSCE its written contribution to the 2021 Hate Crimes Report of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which includes the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Islamophobic hate-based attacks and hate speech in Greece.
The Macedonian minority in Greece and its issues were discussed within the framework of the “Facts about our Country” programme
29.04.2022
The eighth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about our Country” of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 28 April 2022.
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2021 Human Rights Report
26.04.2022
In its parallel report, ABTTF detailed the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the violations of its rights that it is being subjected to.
ABTTF attended the EP Minorities Intergroup meeting
07.04.2022
In its presentation at the meeting, ABTTF expressed the issues experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of education.
ABTTF attended the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
29.03.2022
At the meeting, ABTTF indicated the structural and systematic discrimination in Greece with notably hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace, especially in politics and media.
The failure of Greece to execute the judgments of the ECtHR regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases were discussed in the ‘Facts about our Country’ programme
25.03.2022
The seventh 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 March 2022.
ABTTF attended the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council
24.03.2022
ABTTF, which participated in the Conclusion Session of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism with respect to Greece, presented its recommendations on the issues regarding the recognition of the ethnic Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, the restoration of the educational and religious autonomy, and the execution of the ECtHR judgments as regards the freedom to form associations.
Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases was discussed from a legal perspective in the “Facts about Our Country” programme series
18.03.2022
The sixth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about Our Country” of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 17 March 2022.
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