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The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe warned once again Greece!
12.03.2021
ABTTF President: ‘As confirmed by the Committee of Ministers, our country must now stop playing for time, it should fully and urgently execute the ECtHR judgments regarding our associations in accordance with its obligations arising from the European Convention on Human Rights to which it is a party’. The Committee of Ministers of th...
A new blow to the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace!
24.02.2021
ABTTF President: “It is impossible for us to accept such appointments by our country Greece which are aimed at eradicating the autonomous status of our madrasahs. We therefore request the decision taken by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs to be cancelled at once.” The Greek state’s interventions in the educationa...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace is instrumentalised in statements against the expansion of the migrant reception centre in Evros
10.02.2021
ABTTF President: ‘All of these statements which instrumentalise the Turkish community in Western Thrace whom are Greek citizens reflects a mindset which sees us as a threat’. Discussions regarding the expansion of the current migrants and asylum seekers reception centre or the opening of a new reception centre are continuing fo...
Stylianidis: “The Greek Republic has constructed an open democratic model of society in (Western) Thrace”
28.01.2021
ABTTF President: “Stylianidis has pursued his habit of distorting the facts with the statement he made and ignored that the ECtHR has condemned our country Greece for this reason three times for denying our Turkish identity.” The New Democracy (ND) Party Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylianidis alleged that the rights of the Turkish community...
Foreign Minister Dendias ignored the assimilation and rights violations against the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We call on our country Greece to renounce to turn its back to realities and to recognise our ethnic Turkish identity and to find solutions to our problems through a dialogue with us.” In a speech he made at an online event at the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas event organised by the Association of the Inhabitant...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace and its organisations were once again targeted in the Greek press!
15.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We wish this approach which otherises us and sees us as a ‘threat’ in the politics and media of our country to stop.” The news that the Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU) and the Culture and Education Foundation of Western Thrace Minority (PEKEM) had donated tablet computers to pupils in need in the Western Thra...
After Komotini, the signboard of the madrasah in Xanthi has also been changed, the word ‘Minority’ is missing in the new signboard!
31.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We strongly condemn the interventionist approach and practice of our government and request from it to withdraw this decision which is scandalous’. Following the change of the signboard of Madrasah of Hayriye Foundation Minority Secondary and High School, which is one of the two historical religious schools belongin...
The signboard of the Madrasah of Hayriye Minority Secondary and High School in Komotini has been changed, the word ‘Minority’ on the signboard has been removed!
28.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Changing the signboard with a policy of fait accompli in the middle of the night without the knowledge of the school administration, the school council and the parents’ association shows that insidious practices targeting the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace are continuing'. The si...
We strongly condemn the attack against our Xanthi Mufti Ahmet Mete
30.11.2020
ABTTF: Hate-based attacks carried out by racist and fanatical groups targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its representatives threaten the peace and tranquillity environment in our region. A verbal attack has been perpetrated on Xanthi Mufti Ahmet Mete. On the evening of Friday, 27 November 2020, an unidentified person or person...
Evripidis Stylianidis: ‘Problems in Western Thrace are caused by Turkish nationalism’
27.11.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Stylianidis is accusing us of Turkish nationalism because we want the recognition of our identity, once again he puts us on the target board’. New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylianidis delivered statements targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace. Talking at an event regarding the deve...
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