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Another blow to the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace!
04.08.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We demand the immediate cancellation of the law giving the administration of our madrasahs which have an autonomous structure to the government-appointed acting muftis and call on the Greek government to immediately end its practices aimed at eliminating the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.&r...
Inter-party commission for the development of Western Thrace held its first meeting
30.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The problems encountered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the economic area must be taken into consideration in the commission and the Turkish community should be supported economically.” The inter-party commission, which was created in the Greek Parliament regarding the development of the Wester...
Statement regarding the border gates from the Union of Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
10.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We request from the Greek authorities to allow controlled crossings through all the border gates in Western Thrace and to refrain from decisions which would negatively affect the economy of the region.” The mayors of Eastern-Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece took joint decisions with respect to border cro...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace has been discriminated again!
08.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Our country Greece pursues its official policy of denying the existence of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by ignoring the Turkish press which is operating within the framework of the laws in Western Thrace.” In order to inform the citizens regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Greece, the Government Spokes...
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was in Western Thrace
01.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We, Turks were ignored during the visit of the President!’ Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid an official visit to Western Thrace on 28-30 May. Sakellaropoulou which began her visit on Thursday 28 May in Xanthi, went to Komotini on Friday and visited her hometown Stavroupoli (Yeniköy) on Saturday. W...
Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the application of the Western Thrace Turkish associations!
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to stop its stalling tactics and to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” The Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the applications for recognition by the Cultural Association of Turkish Wom...
Condemnation by Medrese-i Hayriye Councillors’ Delegation addressed to the appointed Komotini Foundations’ Administration
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The appointed Foundations’ Administration must immediately cease to perceive Medrese-i-Hayriye as its backyard.’’ In its statement to the public, the Medrese-i-Hayriye Foundation Minority High School which belongs to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and is located in the city of Komotini, condemn...
Map of less-favoured areas where EU rural development funds are used updated!
20.05.2020
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: “Turkish villages have been shown as dynamic whereas Greek villages next to Turkish villages have been shown as less-favoured. The assistance which has been granted for years according to this list has been unequal and discriminatory and the Turkish community in Western Thrace has faced economic damage as a r...
Racist attack on a fountain built by a Western Thrace Turk!
15.05.2020
A fountain in the village of Nimfea (Yanıköy) in Komotini, Greece, which was built by a philanthropist belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, was damaged by unidentified persons. According to the newspaper Gündem, the fountain plate written in Turkish was removed on Tuesday night on 12 May 2020 and a slogan against the Turk...
ABTTF’s contribution to Ministry of Education’s draft amendment on pilot practice regarding teaching of English in kindergartens
08.05.2020
ABTTF President: “It is impossible to teach Greek or English without having lessons in mother tongue. With the authorisation to the establishment of bilingual Turkish kindergartens, children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace will be able to choose between state schools where Turkish is taught or Turkish kindergartens”...
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