The hearing of the claim for damages filed by ABTTF against the news site newsbreak.gr, which published defamatory and false news about the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) in 2021, was held in Athens on 9 November 2023.
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu attended the hearing held at the Court of First Instance with several judges in Athens together with ABTTF’s lawyer Antonis Kachrimanis. The court postponed the hearing to a later date.
On 27.10.2021, on the news site newsbreak.gr, headquartered in Athens, a news article was published about the 21st Ordinary General Assembly of ABTTF, titled ‘‘Provocation by ABTTF with the flag of Western Thrace in Germany’’, containing baseless accusations against ABTTF. Thereupon, ABTTF filed a claim for damages against the newsbreak.gr news site and the company that owns the site, in the Court of First Instance with a Single Judge in Athens, regarding the aforementioned news article. At the hearing held on 16 February 2023, the court made an interim decision and referred the case to the Court of First Instance with several judges in Athens, which is a higher court.
‘‘I was present with our lawyer in the courtroom for the hearing of the claim for damages we filed against the newsbreak.gr news site, which published unfounded and false news about our Federation, at the Court of First Instance with several judges in Athens. The court postponed the hearing to a later date to be determined. I will attend that hearing again on behalf of our Federation. I have full faith that the court will make a fair decision. I trust our country’s courts and justice system’’, said Halit Habip Oğlu, President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF).
