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The vitality in our country disappears as soon as we cross the Karasu River; is it because the Turks live in Rodopi and Xanthi?
12.05.2023
Dear readers, In terms of economic development, our region has long been considered one of Europe’s most economically backward regions. This picture of course changed with the 2004 enlargement of the EU and the accession of new Member States to the Union. However, almost 20 years after the great enlargement, our region i...
We are in Western Thrace on 21 May, we stand by our vote!
04.04.2023
Dear readers, We are in the month of Ramadan, the Sultan of Eleven Months, I wish everyone’s prayers to be accepted in this blessed month. May the blessings of the month of Ramadan be upon you, we are happy that we can get together with our loved ones at the iftar meals in this Ramadan, as before the pandemic. It is very valuab...
On the day of pain, our country rushed to the aid of its neighbour, almost mobilised for Türkiye!
01.03.2023
On February 6, 2023, when we received the news of the earthquake in our motherland Türkiye’s Kahramanmaraş province on 6 February 2023, our hearts and our lungs burned. After the first earthquake that affected 11 cities in our motherland, a second big earthquake took place in Kahramanmaraş on the same day. According to statements d...
Our struggle against the denial of our identity will never end!
27.01.2023
Dear readers, It has been 35 years since 29 January 1988, which was the turning point in our community’s struggle for rights and freedoms. 35 years ago, from 7 to 70, from young to old, from villagers to townspeople, from men to women, from all over Western Thrace, we filled the squares in Komotini against the state and government autho...
Mitsotakis passed by our region, as always, he said what he wanted to hear!
17.01.2023
Dear readers, Prime Minister of our country Mitsotakis visited our region on Friday, 13 January. Speaking at the event organised by the New Democracy Party in Komotini, the Prime Minister noted that with the expression ‘‘Muslim minority’’, our community lives in harmony in the region as Greek and European citizens. ...
We are ready for 2023 with the hope we give and the strength we receive!
05.01.2023
Dear readers, After two years of mandatory break due to the pandemic, we made our traditional visits to our member organizations at the end of this year. With the programme we hold every December, we visit our member associations and evaluate the situation in our country Greece, in meetings with our association executives and association memb...
We will continue our struggle undeterredly in 2023 which we will enter with new hopes!
02.12.2022
Dear readers, We are again in the last days of a year. In the last two years, the coronavirus pandemic has affected the whole world and has become a global health issue. After this difficult period, the coronavirus pandemic is now as if it has disappeared from our daily lives. During this time, we have once again realised that the m...
Increasing the tension in the region will not benefit anyone, on the contrary, it will bring harm!
03.11.2022
Dear readers, We were in our region Western Thrace with a delegation consisting of my friends in Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Presidium. We were happy to be in our homeland on the occasion of the working visit. Our visit coincided with the 28 October OHI Day of our country Greece and the 29 October Republic Da...
They cannot say ‘‘Turks’’ for us, but our names are Hasan or Fatma, and the language of instruction in our schools is Turkish!
05.10.2022
Dear readers, Unfortunately, the policies of intimidation and imposition against us in our country continue today as they did in the past. Our SYRIZA Xanthi Deputy Hüseyin Zeybek was threatened with death during a live television broadcast. A viewer who was connected to Zeybek by phone while participating in the ‘‘An...
Dangerous games are being played in our region Western Thrace!
01.09.2022
Dear readers, In our country, we have been going through days in the last month that will go down in history as a scandal. The reveal that PASOK-KINAL President and European Parliament (EP) Deputy Nikos Androulakis and journalist Thanasis Koukakis were tapped with a software called “Predator” by the National Intelligence Service (...
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