ABTTF President: “Our country, Greece, must now listen to the just demands we have made for years so that our children can have a better education, and establish a long-lasting dialogue with our community based on good faith to solve the issues.”
The Turkish community in Western Thrace organised an action to draw attention to the issues is it has experienced in the field of education and to react to the unilateral violation of its educational autonomy by Greece.
Parents did not send their children to school on 17 December 2021 in a protest organised in Turkish schools across Western Thrace by the decision of the Western Thrace Minority Schools Board Union. The protest, in which the students also boycotted the lessons, took place with a very high participation.
“The Turkish community in Western Thrace has once again defended the future of its children by reacting to the injustices and rights abuses it is facing in the field of education. Our country Greece must now listen to the just demands we have made for years so that our children can have a better education and establish a long-lasting dialogue with our community based on good faith to solve the issues. I once again congratulate our parents and students who have exercised their democratic right and defended their autonomous schools”, said Halit Habip Oğlu, President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF).
