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Minister Evripidis Stilianidis organized a meeting in Komotini
23.07.2009
At a meeting held on July 9th, 2009 in Komotini, former Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stilianidis explained the “Modern Minority Policy” of the Government of Greece. According to Millet weekly, at the meeting, at which mainly the issues of education and schools were discussed, there were about 200 participants, among them re...
İskeçe (Xanthi) Civil Court rejected the case of İskeçe (Xanthi) Turkish Union
18.05.2009
İskeçe (Xanthi) Civil Court of First Instance rejected the case of İskeçe (Xanthi) Turkish Union (ITB) regarding the restoration demand of pre-1983 legal status. Following the verdict of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that convicted Greece on March 27th 2008, İTB filed a suit for the restoration of its pre-1983 legal status and the first tri...
Coalition of the Radical Left released a report on the Turkish Minority
30.04.2009
Committee on Democratic Rights and Freedoms of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) in Greece released a report on the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and its problems. According to daily Gundem, the report discusses resolution proposals to the problems of the Minority. The report prepared by the Committee on Democratic Rights and Free...
Michel Hunault, rapporteur of PACE, released his report on Western Thrace
22.04.2009
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) published on 21 April 2009 the report entitled “Freedom of religion and other human rights for non-Muslim minorities in Turkey and for the Muslim minority in Thrace (Eastern Greece)”. Highlights from the report can be summarized as follows: • Both Greece and Turkey should treat all their cit...
PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights adopted the draft resolution with regard to the report of Michel Hunault
25.03.2009
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted the draft resolution with regard to the report prepared by Michel Hunault on “Freedom of religion and other human rights for non-Muslim minorities in Turkey and for the Muslim minority in Thrace (Eastern Greece)” on 24 March 2009. ...
The Greek Member State Committee of EBLUL expresses its anger and disgust for the cold-blooded attack against the member of its Board Abdulhalim Dede, while talking live to a TV show
26.02.2009
The Greek Member State Committee of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL) expresses its anger and disgust for the cold-blooded attack against the member of its Board Abdulhalim Dede, while talking live to a TV show. Anger and disgust not only for this cowardly act but mainly for what caused and followed it. Abdulhalim Dede would ...
SEEMO/IPI concerned about physical attack on journalist Abdulhalim Dede during live broadcast
25.02.2009
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about the physical attack on journalist Abdulhalim Dede on 19 February while he was on-air during the morning programme,...
Xanthi Civil Court of First Instance handled the case of Xanthi Turkish Union
23.02.2009
The Xanthi Civil Court of First Instance handled the file claimed by the Xanthi Turkish Union on 19th February 2009 to retrieve the previous legal status of the Union as of before 1983. Ozan Ahmetoglu, Chairman of the Xanthi Turkish Union, members of the Union’s executive board and Western Thrace Turkish minority members participated the hearing. A...
Comments of Yannis Valinakis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, about Western Thrace Turkish minority
18.02.2009
Yannis Valinakis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, responded the motion of Andreas Loverdos, PASOK’s person in charge for Foreign Affairs, about the activities of the Turkish Consulate in Thrace. Valinakis stated that Greece strictly implemented “equal rights” and “equality before law” principles for all of her citizens in Western Thrace...
Minority demands a new education policy
07.01.2009
The Turkish Minority of Western Thrace does have a host of problems in the field of education. The President of Western Thrace Minority Education and Culture Company(BAKEŞ) Galip Galip declared that initiatives in the field of education were constantly hindered. Answering the questions of minority newspaper Gündem, Galip told that a new education p...
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