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ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Conference
29.09.2022
At the conference, ABTTF raised the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its increasing targeting in politics and media.
ABTTF paid a working visit to Brussels
15.09.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to the capital of the European Union (EU) Brussels on 15 September 2022.
Written statement by ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
19.08.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement to the 51st session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council titled ‘‘A further violation of the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece with the Act on Modernization of the Muftiates’’. In its written statement, ABTTF raised the issue of the muftis in focus of the new law adopted by the Greek Parliament in July 2022, noting that the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, guaranteed by treaties, would be completely abolished under the pretext of modernising the muftis in the autonomous structure.
National Minorities in Europe and the Turkish community in Western Thrace were discussed in the ‘‘Facts about our Country’’ programme
15.07.2022
The ninth part of the online programme series of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) titled ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ was broadcast on 14 July 2022.
Parallel Report from ABTTF to the Greece 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom
15.06.2022
In its parallel report, ABTTF detailed the issues that the Turkish community in Western Thrace is dealing with in the field of religious freedom and called on our country Greece to restore the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
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.
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