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An opportunity for change for the new government!
09.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Indeed, as Mitsotakis’ father implemented the policy of isonomia-isopolitia, that is, equality before the law and equal citizenship, may be the son Mitsotakis would talk about change as the government! However, the government must first show its goodwill towards our community, and this would be implementation of the EC...
TRT World: “How Greece denies proper education to Turks in Western Thrace?”
28.07.2023
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The main purpose of all these obstacles is to pretend that there is no Turkish presence in Western Thrace, that is, to try to turn this into reality by creating a perception based on denial.” In the analysis published on the website of TRT World, the English-language channel of the Turkish Radio and Tel...
9 more Turkish primary schools will be closed in the new academic year in Western Thrace!
20.07.2023
ABTTF President: “Like the previous ones, this latest decision of the Ministry of Education to close our schools is completely against the Treaty of Lausanne! We call on our country to immediately put an end to the closure of our primary schools, which is a clear violation of our educational autonomy, and to establish a direct dialogue with u...
Sotiris Valden, one of the important names of SYRIZA demanded the recognition of the ‘‘Turkish’’ minority in Western Thrace
30.06.2023
ABTTF President: “The rightminded politicians of our country, such as Valden, see that the truth can no longer be plastered with mud, and they openly declare that the denial of our presence in Western Thrace and our Turkish identity cannot be sustained by our country any longer, and that this policy of denial harms our country’s interes...
A documentary by Herinckx, a Journalism Department student which visited our region, about the Turkish community in Western Thrace, is on the air
13.06.2023
Fiep Herinckx, who studies at the Department of Journalism at Utrecht University, prepared a short documentary film about the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Visiting our region in May 2023 for the preparation of the documentary titled ‘‘Between Ankara and Athens’’, Herinckx met with the representatives of our community...
Those who say, ‘‘I told you so’’ are attempting to distort the facts!
09.06.2023
ABTTF President: “The argument that Greece sets an example with a democratic and humanist attitude towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace shows how deep the gap between discourse and practice is. Indeed, this is not true under any circumstances!’’ In the article of Lieutenant General Ioannis Stamoulis on the website Li...
The Committee of Ministers sent a letter to the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs as regards the Bekir-Ousta group of cases
08.06.2023
ABTTF President: “We find it positive that it sent a letter to the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, but when we examine the files related to the group of cases, we see neither a timetable nor an explanation for the steps that our country is planning to take in this regard. Indeed, we know that our country does not intend to execute all thre...
The free will and democratic choice of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are ignored
05.06.2023
ABTTF President: “ND or anyone else must first learn to respect the will of the people! Otherwise, political attitudes and discourses that marginalise and target the Turkish community in Western Thrace will harm our country’s democracy, as it is today.” In an interview with Proto Thema on 3 June 2023, former Prime Minister of G...
Article about the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Italian cultural magazine “Meridiano 13”
02.06.2023
An article titled ‘‘Living in Western Thrace: A Portrait of the Muslim Turkish Minority in Greece’’ was published in the Italian cultural magazine ‘‘Meridiano 13’’. The article written by Francesco Zema, sports reporter and Director of the Football, Culture and Identity Museum named “CALCI&rd...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace was once again targeted through Turkish and the headscarf!
01.06.2023
ABTTF President: “We will definitely not allow these and similar provocations by extremist circles to disrupt the peace in our region and target our community for their political interests before the upcoming local and regional elections in our country.” In a written statement published on 29 May 2023, the list of ‘‘Spart...
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