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ABTTF at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
07.05.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated between 4 and 5 May 2009 in Vienna in the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting: hate crimes - effective implementation of legislation organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization of Security and Cooperation for Europe (OSCE). At th...
Reply of the Greek Government to the written statement of ABTTF on “Appointed Imams Law”
27.03.2009
The Greek Government replied on 20 March 2009 to the written statement on “Appointed Imams Law” submitted by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) to the 10th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. In its answer, the Greek Government stated that extending the financial and social rights of a group of Greek citizen...
ABTTF carried the problem of “Appointed Imams Law” to the United Nations’ agenda
05.03.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement entitled “The Freedom of Religion and Conscience of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace (Greece) and the Problem of the Law of ‘Appointed’ Imams" to the 10th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2 to 27 March 2009 in Geneva. Greece clearly v...
ABTTF presented its study on the “Appointed Imams Law” problem to the attention of international community
04.03.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented its study on the “Appointed Imams Law” problem to the attention of international community. Accordingly, the new law envisages appointment of 240 imams to serve under the authorities of appointed muftis in mosques as civil servants. After the adoption of the law 3536/2007 in February...
ABTTF is at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
30.01.2009
On 26-28 January 2009, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) represented by Halit Habipoglu, President, and K. Engin Soyyilmaz, Head of International Affairs Department, paid an official visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). The official visit, which took place during the first part of the 2009 Ordinary Ses...
ABTTF admitted as member to the Fundamental Rights Platform
19.12.2008
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is admitted to the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP), which is a network for cooperation and information exchange, set to act as the main channel for the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) cooperation with civil society. ABTTF also participated in a consultative meeting held in...
The problems of the Turkish minority of Western Thrace in the field of education were carried to the UN Forum on Minority Issues
18.12.2008
The first session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues, of which thematic focus was “Minorities and the Right to Education”, took place on 15 and 16 December 2008 in Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum will meet annually for two working days allocated to thematic discussions. Representing the Federation of Western of...
The Problems of the Minority are on the agenda of the OSCE Civil Society Forum
04.12.2008
On 2-3 December 2008, OSCE Civil Society Forum was held in the Helsinki capital hosted by the Chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), in Finland. The OSCE Civil Society Forum, which is organized by the Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE) and its Finnish NGO partners, was connected to the 16th OSCE Mi...
Our demand of bilingual pre-schools is declared at UN Human Rights Council
17.09.2008
On 8 September 2008, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement to the 9th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the agenda item of follow up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and programme of action, ABTTF, in its “Right to Education in Native Language: Bilingual Educa...
Paris hosted “Human Rights for All: Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60“ Conference
08.09.2008
On 3-5 September 2008, the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the Conference on Reaffirming Human Rights for All: Universal Declaration at 60“, which is organized by the UN Department of Public Information/Non-governmental Organization(DPI/NGO) at the UNESCO House in Paris. The Conference marked the first time in h...
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