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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...
Racist attack on a young child from the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Komotini!
07.01.2025
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest terms the racist and vile attack on a defenceless little boy in Komotini. The competent authorities of our country should urgently take the necessary measures to prevent such racist and hate attacks, which harm the peace and tranquillity in our region and the culture of living together and should ...
The issue of the new school building at the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School has turned into an unresolved mess
23.12.2024
ABTTF President: “The Ministry claims that the issue does not fall within their jurisdiction, but with the Municipality of Xanthi, while the Municipality notes that minority schools are under the competence of the Ministry! In other words, everyone is throwing the ball to each other! As such, we feel stalled and ridiculed, we have been shouti...
Statement by Deputy Minister of Education Makri distorting the facts about the building problem of Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School!
18.12.2024
ABTTF President: “What is at stake is the education of our children in an appropriate building and in a healthy environment and the observance of their right to education. Unfortunately, the rulers of our country continue to ignore the educational issues of our community’’. Deputy Minister Zeta Makri responded to a question pos...
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