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ABTTF delivered a presentation at UPR Info pre-session for Greece
31.03.2016
ABTTF presented the problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and put forward its recommendations ahead of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session in May 2016 Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the Greece pre-session organised by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Info on 31 March 2016. ABTTF Vice-Pre...
ABTTF submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
22.03.2016
ABTTF raises in its written statement the problems having been faced by the Turkish minority of Western Thrace in Greece with regard to the ethnic recognition and freedom of association The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement entitled “The Non-Recognition of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace in...
European Parliament Conference calls for Greece to recognise and better protect its minorities
03.03.2016
3 March 2016, Brussels - On 2 March 2016, Csaba Sógor MEP (EPP), hosted a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels titled ‘Freedom of Association in Greece: A Loophole in European Minority Rights Standards’. The conference, organised in association with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Federation of Western...
ABTTF attended the OSCE conference on intolerance and discrimination against Muslims
19.02.2016
The hate crimes and hate-motivated violence targeting the Turkish minority of Western Thrace expressed at the conference The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated on 19 February 2016 in the conference entitled “A Holistic Approach to Addressing Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims in the OSCE Region” that wa...
ABTTF on a working visit to Strasbourg during the PACE Winter Session
29.01.2016
FUEN member organizations ABTTF, ROISDER and VATAN raised the problems of their own communities during the meetings they held with the PACE members and the Council of Europe officials The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg during the 2016 Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Cou...
ABTTF on a working visit in Brussels
03.12.2015
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to the European Parliament (EP) on 2 December 2015 in Brussels. Accompanied by the ABTTF Brussels Office, ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Vice-Presidents Sami Yusuf and Mustafa Kasap met with the MEPs Jordi Sebastià and Ernest Maragall (The Greens/European Free...
ABTTF attended the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva
26.11.2015
The problems of the Turkish minority of Western Thrace with regard to recognition based on ethnicity and freedom of association brought forward by ABTTF The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 8th session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues that was held from 24 to 25 November 2015 in Geneva, ...
Parallel report by ABTTF on the Greece 2014 International Religious Freedom Report
24.11.2015
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report on the Greece 2014 International Religious Freedom Report that was released by the Department of State of the United States (U.S.) in October 2015, and submitted it to the U.S. competent authorities. ABTTF provided in its parallel report detailed information on the ...
ABTTF attended the second annual meeting of FUEN TAG
12.11.2015
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated from 9 to 12 November 2014 in Baku, Azerbaijan in the second annual meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities (TAG) under the umbrella of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN). While ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu as FUEN Vice-President attended the meeting...
Problems of the Turkish minority of Western Thrace brought onto the OSCE agenda
02.11.2015
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Rhodes, Kos and the Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association, which are all regular members of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), participated on 29-30 October 2015 in the meeting on OSC...
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