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Xanthi Turkish Union litigated for return of its official legal entity
28.12.2017
ABTTF President, Halit Habip Oğlu: “As pre-requisite of being a democratic country, Greece now has to accept calling “Turk” a “Turk” Xanthi Turkish Union which was established as the first association of Western Thrace Turkish community in 1927 and closed in 1986 due to the reason that it has the word “Turkish” in its name has started a legal pr...
Six public kindergartens in the pilot project for the Western Thrace Turkish children announced
20.12.2017
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we demand that our right to education in mother tongue is respected and bilingual minority kindergartens as to have the same status with autonomous minority primary schools are opened.” The six public kindergartens within the framework of the pilot project the villages where the West...
President of our motherland Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Western Thrace
11.12.2017
ABTTF President, Halit Habip Oğlu stated: “With his personal visit to Western Thrace President of our motherland Erdoğan showed everyone that motherland Turkey is a guar-antor for Western Thrace Turks” President of the Turkish Republic, motherland of Western Thrace Turks, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Greece on 7-8 December 2017. Erdoğan who came...
Decision to resume consideration on the cases of Bekir-Ousta group at the Committee of Ministers
08.12.2017
The Committee of Ministers requested information from Greek authorities concerning the possible change in the domestic law after the adoption of the law on 10 October 2017 On 5-7 December 2017, the Council of Europe held the last meeting of the year within the scope of duty of inspecting application of the decisions of the European Court of Hum...
ABTTF attended the panel discussion on “Sharia (Islamic Law)”
29.11.2017
At the panel discussion held in Komotini, application of Sharia to the Turkish community in Western Thrace was addressed. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated on 28 November 2017 in the panel discussion on “Application of Sharia (Islamic Law) to the Muslim Citizens in Western Thrace” that was organized by the Kom...
Hate motivated attacks against the Turkish community in Western Thrace addressed in the OSCE 2016 Hate Crime Report
21.11.2017
The hate motivated attacks in 2016 targeted at the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece were covered in the 2016 Hate Crime Report released by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). While 41 participating States provided official data to the OSCE ...
The court in Greece did not approve the new name of the association belonging to Western Thrace Turkish community with the word “Turkish” in its name
21.11.2017
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Our country, Greece, which claims to be the cradle of civilization, and which is one of the old members of the European Union disregards us when the issue is about Western Thrace Turkish community” Rhodope-Evros Provinces EPATH Graduates Teachers' Association, one of the important associations of Western Thrace Turkish commun...
Prime Minister Tsipras announced that judicial powers of the muftis in Western Thrace would be restricted
17.11.2017
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Our country Greece should immediately end its unilateral practices to abolish the acquired rights of educational and religious autonomy of Western Thrace Turkish community.” Alexis Tsipras spoke at the closing of the Eastern Macedonia-Thrace Production and Development Congress organized on 13-14 November 2017 in Gümülcine (Kom...
7 months of imprisonment for Elected Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete
14.11.2017
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, of which right to elect its own religious leaders which are muftis has been usurped by Greece since 1990, has been disregarded once again with the court’s judgment of imprisonment.” The Virtuous Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete elected by the Turkish community in Western...
Doctor in Didimoticho expels the Western Thrace Turk from the hospital!
09.11.2017
As ABTTF we condemn this racist and discriminative behavior not complying with Hippocrates Oath and professional dignity of a doctor whose fundamental assignment is to treat people, and demand that the right to health and medical care of each member of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece, which is one of the basic human rights, is respe...
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