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ABTTF attended the 12th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
19.10.2026
Thirteen Turkic organisations from eight different European countries took part in the meeting, which was hosted by the Turks of North Macedonia in the capital, Skopje. The Federation of Turks in Western Thrace in Europe (ABTTF) took part in the 12th annual meeting of the Working Group on Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) of the Federal U...
A delegation of Western Thrace Turks at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference
09.10.2026
The systematic violation by Greece of the rights and freedoms of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace were conveyed at the conference. The Western Thrace Turks were represented at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Conference, held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, from 5 to 15 October 2026. Orga...
ABTTF participated in the 8th annual meeting of the FUEN Education Working Group
02.10.2026
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 8th Annual Meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), held in the town of Eupen from 29 September to 2 October 2026 and hosted by the German minority living in Belgium. Deniz Servantie from ABTTF took part in the meetin...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Strasbourg
30.09.2026
The report on the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Greece, and the draft resolution relating to the report, were discussed and adopted by the PACE Plenary Session. President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Strasbourg on 29–30 September 2026,...
A resolution on the religious autonomy of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace was adopted at the 70th FUEN Congress
21.09.2026
The resolution, jointly submitted by ABTTF, WTMUGA and the FEP Party, called on Greece to re-establish the religious autonomy of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace and to respect their right to elect their own religious leaders. Representing the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace, the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the...
Interference with the religious autonomy of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace on the UN agenda
17.09.2026
In its written statement, ABTTF highlighted that all known religions in Greece have the right to elect their own religious leaders, emphasising that only the religious leaders of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace are appointed by the state, and that this practice is incompatible with the principles of freedom of religion or belief, equality an...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels
11.09.2026
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 11 September 2026. During the working visit, accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office, Habip Oğlu met with Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred of the Eu...
Concerns regarding the rule of law in Greece have once again been raised in the European Parliament
15.07.2026
ABTTF President: “It is impossible to effectively protect fundamental rights in an environment where the rule of law is eroding. As the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace, we too have long faced similar structural issues regarding our fundamental rights, such as freedom of association, education, and religious autonomy. It is of great importa...
ABTTF brings the issues of the Western Thrace Turks to the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council
03.07.2026
In a written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, ABTTF highlighted that Greece had failed to implement the previous recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of the review in November 2026, and listed Greece’s violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace. The...
ABTTF participated in an EP meeting on the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Report 2025
25.06.2026
The Brussels Office of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in a meeting of the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE) held in Brussels. At the meeting, which ABTTF attended as part of its activities in Brussels, the European Union Agency for Fundamen...
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