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Elected Mufti of Rodopi Ibrahim Şerif to stand trial on charges of ‘usurpation of office’
03.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘The fact that the mufti elected by our community is brought before the court on charges of usurpation of office is actually a means of the policy of fear and intimidation against our community, we all know that’. Elected Mufti of Rodopi Ibrahim Şerif will stand trial at the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance...
Primary and Secondary Degree Schools Regional Director Konstantinos Bandikos: ‘Education can be continued with an increase in the number of students in the future in schools whose activities have been suspended’
17.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘If the number of students increases, it is stated that the schools will reopen, but in practice this does not happen for our schools. According to the legislation, a school that has been suspended for two years in a row is closed indefinitely’. Xronos newspaper reported on 17 August 2021 that ‘Xilagani (Kuşlan...
Unbelievable statements from the authorities of our country about our 12 primary schools to be closed in Western Thrace!
04.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Since you implement Lausanne totally, how come you are closing our schools, not those of the state, on grounds of shortage of students?’ With the decision of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace State Regional Directorate of First and Second Degree Schools dated 30 July 2021, statements from the authorities of our count...
Astronomical fine for mosque in Turkish village in Greece!
03.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘It is absolutely impossible to say that the astronomical fine imposed on the village trustees for allegedly converting the old school building into a mosque in the Turkish village of ten households Mikra Tímbanon (Küçük Davutlu) is proportionate. We hope that the authorities will respond positively to...
12 more Turkish primary schools to close in the new school year
02.08.2021
ABTTF President: “Although the Lausanne Peace Treaty grants the right to establish, manage and control its own schools by recognising autonomous status in the field of education, Turkish primary schools belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace continue to be closed on the grounds of shortage of students and as a further example of...
Greece’s Court of Cassation again rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Union for the reinstatement of its legal status!
02.07.2021
ABTTF President: “The Court of Cassation’s decision on the Xanthi Turkish Union which has been struggling for justice for 38 years showed once again that our country Greece disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law.” Greece’s Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Unio...
Greek authorities reject the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for mosques and cemeteries!
25.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Reminding our country Greece of its obligations in the field of freedom of religion and worship, we invite the Greek authorities to immediately respond positively to the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for a mosque and cemetery.” The Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki, the second...
Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete is sentenced to 15 months in prison
18.06.2021
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF representing the Western Thrace Turks living in Europe, we condemn in the strongest terms this unjust prison sentence decision given by the court against our esteemed mufti Ahmet Mete, and call on our country to immediately cease its oppressive practices against our muftis and respect our religious freedom.” ...
Greece disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law by denying the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
04.06.2021
ABTTF President: “The article of Stylianidis in Estia is actually a summary of the overview of state and representative governments and politics regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece. This mentality is the obstacle with respect to the denial of the status and rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and not exec...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Western Thrace
31.05.2021
ABTTF President: “As stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of our motherland, we as Western Thrace Turks want our rights and freedoms not to be politically instrumentalised in our country and we want to solve our problems in dialogue with the official authorities of our country.” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign ...
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