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ABTTF and DEB Party attended conference on substance and practice of European language rights in Cottbus
09.12.2013
The conference united language experts, local and regional administrative bodies and minority representatives Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended “Substance and Practice of European Language Rights” conference in Cottbus, Germany on 5-7 December 2013. At the conference commonly organised by Federal Union of European Nat...
Western Thrace Turkish Minority and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks were at the UN
28.11.2013
ABTTF and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association have for the first time co-organised a side event at the UN Forum on Minority Issues Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association have co-organised a side event on “Freedom of Religion and...
ABTTF attended UN Forum on Minority Issues
28.11.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 6th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues with the subject “Beyond Freedom of Religion or Belief: Guaranteeing the Rights of Religious Minorities”. Western Thrace Turkish Minority was represented at the Forum by ABTTF Vice-President Rıdvan Hacıbedel, ABTTF Board member Dr. Sebah...
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu was on mission to Brussels
06.11.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President Halit Habipoğlu was on mission to Brussels on 5 November 2013. Accompanied by the ABTTF Brussels Representation, Habipoğlu met Brussels-based civil society organisations, business world representatives and members of the European Parliament. ABTTF met ENAR, the leading organisation ...
ABTTF met Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding
09.10.2013
Problems of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority were explained from primary source at the meeting realized upon initiative of François Alfonsi, Member of the European Parlia-ment who visited Western Thrace in October 2012 Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) met European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Fun...
ABTTF met with Council of Europe officials in Strasbourg
03.10.2013
ABTTF communicated Minority’s ongoing problems to the Office of Council Europe Human Rights Commissioner and European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid an official visit to European Council Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on 1-2 October 2013. Organised during the plenary ses...
ABTTF attended OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
30.09.2013
ABTTF and WTMUGA gave voice to problems Western Thrace Turkish Minority encoun-ters on several grounds Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at 2013 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) organised by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in 24-27 September 2013. At HDIM annual meeting, W...
The problem of the minority education is again on the UN agenda
19.09.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement to the 24th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Through the written statement on the subject of “the right not to be discriminated and the education in mother tongue: The Problem of bilingual minority pre-school education in Greece”, ABTTF conveyed th...
ABTTF Parallel Reports on 2012 US Reports on Human Rights and Religious Freedoms in Greece
23.07.2013
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has prepared and submitted two parallel reports regarding US Department of State 2012 Human Rights Country report on Greece and 2012 Religious Freedoms Report. ABTTF raised the point and brought clarifications where missing points on the respective reports had been detected as for citation of the...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
15.07.2013
ABTTF voiced the problems Western Thrace Turkish Minority encounters as for right to self identification, freedom of association, freedom of religion or belief and right to education Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has attended Supplementary Human Di-mension Meeting on “Rule of Law in the Promotion and Protection of Human Ri...
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