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Prohibition of Turkish language in Western Thrace
28.02.2008
Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece obligated that ceremonies in national festivals, 25 March, 28 October and 17 November, in Turkish minority schools will only be celebrated in Greek language. According to this decision, using of Turkish language in ceremonies in Turkish Minority schools in national festivals of Greece h...
Motions related with minority education and tobacco production were submitted to the Hellenic Parliament
21.02.2008
PASOK Xanthi Deputy Dr. Cetin Mandaci submitted 2 motions related with Turkish Minority of Western Thrace to the Hellenic Parliament. Deputy Mandaci uttered educational problems in Xanthi prefecture in his first motion. Mandaci explained that problems in minority education effect general educational level in the region negatively and emphasized tha...
Turkish Minorities are not recruited at Municiplaity of Gumulcine (Komotini)
01.02.2008
It was accrued that discrimination was imposed against Turkish origin workers and civil servants at Municipality of Gumulcine (Komotini). It was understood that there were no Turkish origin workers among the last month recruited 42 workers and 18 civil servants. According to the in-formation gathered from Western Thrace Turkish minority officials, ...
Educational problems of Western Thrace Turkish Minority maintain their importance on the agenda
07.12.2007
Educational problems of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority maintain their importance as one of the main items on the agenda due to Greek authorities’ reluctance to solve long-lasting educational problems of the minorities. Recently, the notice of motion given by Rodop MP Ahmet Haciosman and Iskece (Xanthi) MP Cetin Mandaci created discussion ...
Flood catastrophe in Western Thrace
19.11.2007
Heavy rain during weekend in Western Thrace caused flood, affecting the life seriously. Rivers overflew their banks, resulting in floods in Western Thrace villages. Reportedly, on Sunday, heavy rain ruined 14 villages. Greek government announced state of emergency following the catastrophe on Sunday. Additionally the army send rescue vehicles to...
Iskeçe (Xanthi) Turkish Solidarity Association celebrated 80th Foundation anniversary
09.11.2007
Iskeçe (Xanthi) Turkish Solidarity Association celebrated 80th Foundation anniversary on 2-4 November in Iskece (Xanthi). Halit Habipoglu, chairman of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Mustafa Kasap, member of ABTTF Executive Council, participated the anniversary, rep-resenting Western Thrace Turkish Minority members in Europ...
Victory of Western Thrace Turkish Minority
11.10.2007
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted Greece for the suit that was filed by Evros Minority Youth Association. ECHR decided that Greece had violated ‘‘Article 11’’ which regulates freedom of organization and association. Hasan Bekir Usta had applied to ECHR in 1996 right after the Greek court closed Evros Minority Youth Association due to ...
Gül meets muftis of Western Thrace and Turkmen leader (ANKARA - Turkish Daily News)
09.10.2007
President Abdullah Gül met with İbrahim Şerif and Ahmet Mete, the muftis of Komotini (Gümülcine) and Xanthi (İskeçe) respectively, two regions in Western Thrace that are heavily populated by Turks in Greece and as well as the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, Dr. Saadettin Ergeç, separately in Ankara yesterday. “We congratulated the president ...
Western Thrace Turkish Minority won two seats at the general elections
17.09.2007
Western Thrace Turkish minority won two seats at the Parliament, Ahmet Haciosman (PASOK) from Gumulcine (Komontini) and Cetin Mandaci (PASOK) from Iskece (Xanthi) at the general elections held in Greece on 16 September. New Democracy Party (ND), the governing party, got 41.84% of the votes and won 152 seats in the 300-seat Parliament, again ret...
The Consultative Committee of Western Thrace Turkish Minority Press Release
10.08.2007
2 August 2007 According to the “Law No: 3592/161A’/19.07.2007 on Concentration and Licensing of Media Enterprises and other Provisions”, passed by the Greek Parliament on 5 July 2007...
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