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Bornovas: Development funds earmarked for Western Thrace should strengthen social balance in the region and increase the presence of the state
23.07.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘The exclusion of our community from the distribution of funds intended to strengthen social balance in our region, as indicated by Bornovas, is blatant discrimination! However, as we have always said, our region, which is one of the most economically underdeveloped regions of the European Union, needs a comprehensive ...
Government offers €10,000 incentive to those settling in Evros
15.07.2025
ABTTF President: “Instead of deciding to relocate people to the region using buckets of water, so to speak, the government should implement a comprehensive development plan. In this way, the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, which is the most economically underdeveloped region of our country, will achieve multi-faceted regional developm...
Enrolment has begun for the Xanthi Turkish Minority Middle and High School
11.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Our autonomous and private schools are the future of our community, and it is vital that our children attend Turkish schools in order to preserve and perpetuate our ethnic Turkish identity, our mother tongue Turkish, and our culture. With this awareness, we are calling on the parents of students graduating from primary schoo...
SYRIZA pledges for democratic reforms for the Turkish community in Western Thrace
10.06.2025
ABTTF President: “SYRIZA, which came to power in 2015 with the slogan ‘‘Change’’, failed to fulfil its commitments to our community during its four and a half years in power. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we expect both SYRIZA and all other political parties in our country to take concrete steps towards r...
Evripidis Stylianidis, MP for our region, calls on the government for action for the development of our region
16.04.2025
During the closing session on the future of the border region in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace organised at the Delphi Economic Forum, MP for New Democracy in Rodopi Evripidis Stylianidis demanded that the government should take concrete actions for the development of the region, not just words. Speaking at the session, which ...
Arbitrary and oppressive practices in Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace continue
03.03.2025
ABTTF President: “This latest incident is a new example and continuation of arbitrary and oppressive practices against our community in the field of education. We demand the immediate revocation of the circular of the State Director of Education, which has no legal basis and is used as a tool for arbitrary practices in our schools’&rsqu...
Board of trustees detained in Turkish village in Western Thrace!
17.02.2025
ABTTF President: “This latest incident is a new example of the systematic oppression and intimidation our community has been subjected to recently. There is clearly a bad intention here! There can be no other explanation for the detention of our benefactors in handcuffs as if they had committed a major offence due to a voluntary action’...
The request for a new school building at Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School is again on the parliamentary agenda
14.02.2025
ABTTF President: “We want a new school building! Until today, we have kept this issue on the agenda with the initiatives of our school board and with the support of our politicians representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, our associations and the people of our region, and we have not allowed the relevant public institutions and o...
Minister of Education of Türkiye Yusuf Tekin drew attention to the decreasing number of primary schools in Western Thrace
11.02.2025
ABTTF President: “In 2013, Türkiye approved the opening of a Greek primary school in Gökçeada with only 3 students. This situation is proof of how decisive the policy and attitude of states towards minorities is. We ask our country to restore our educational autonomy and to adopt a constructive, good-faith approach in solving...
The rulers and politicians of our country are uncomfortable with the protection of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by our motherland
05.02.2025
ABTTF President: “Our expectation and request from the leading politicians of our country, including Mantzos, is that they act responsibly, leaving aside cheap political interests, and support, not obstruct, the efforts and steps to develop the recent positive agenda between our country and our motherland”. PASOK-KINAL MP and also th...
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