Friendship Equality Peace (FEP) Party elected first ranking party in Rodopi and Xanthi

ABTTF President and FUEN Vice-President Halit Habip Oğlu: FEP Party with its slogan “Europe Europe Hear Our Voice” gave a strong message from Turkish Minority of Western Thrace to Athens and Brussels.

FEP Party, the only political representative of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace, marked a historical record at its first participation at the European elections. Having run the for the European elections to raise the Minority’s cause in Athens and Brussels with its slogan “Europe Europe Hear Our Voice, The Minority’s Free Voice”, FEP Party ranked first in Rodopi and Xanthi.

FEP Party had in total 38 candidates from Xanthi, Rodopi and Evros prefectures for the European elections. With 25,857 votes in Rodopi, FEP Party secured 41,68 % majority of votes and became the first ranking party by leaving New Democracy (NEA) with 16,41 % and SYRIZA with 10,83 % behind.

With 1.220 votes, i.e. 1, 45 %, in Evros, FEP Party guaranteed a remarkable majority in Xanthi with 15.378 votes corresponding to 25, 89 %. New Democracy (NEA) obtained 17, 59% while SYRIZA was on the third place with 17, and 11% of votes in Xanthi.

FEP ranks third party with biggest number of votes in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace pre-fecture!

In Eastern Macedonia and Thrace prefecture, an administrative region of Greece which comprises the cities of Drama, Evros, Kavala, Xanthi and Rodopi, FEP Party secured 12,25% with 42.533 votes and became the third ranking party. New Democracy Party received 24,26 % of votes while SYRIZA was on the second place with 16,79% support of electorate.

Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President and Federal Union of European Nationalities (ABTTF) Vice-President Halit Habip Oğlu said, “Western Thrace Turkish Minority demonstrated a big solidarity by choosing Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party at European elec-tions on 25 May. Under the slogan “Europe Europe Hear Our Voice” FEP Party, with the support of the Minority, has given a strong message to Athens and Brussels. Leaving behind the NEA and SYRIZA in Rodopi and Xanthi, FEP Party succeeded to come out of elections as the first party and noted Athens of its presence at its first participation in the European elections. My sincere congratu-lations are to FEP Party with its historical election victory and to our Minority, which has been in support of our party passing this historical stage”.