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Guarantor of Western Thrace Turks is our powerful motherland Turkey!
15.12.2017
Dear Readers, We have approached the end of the year 2017 and unfortunately there has not been any develop-ment this year pleasing Western Thrace Turks. Although our primary schools were autonomous they were closed down on the ground that the number of students was few. With various reasons our muftis were called many times to bear tes-tim...
Western Thrace Turks are the entrustment of our motherland Turkey to Greece!
20.11.2017
Dear Readers, Recently in our country Greece, a dismissive and hostile attitude is displayed against us, we the Western Thrace Turks. As the part of threatening and intimidation strategy against Western Thrace Turkish community we are petrified with astonishment in the face of the cases filed against our representatives and them being called...
We want the one that is our right, we struggle for the one that is our right!
17.10.2017
Dear readers, Our country Greece has been struggling with economic crisis. It seems that the uphill battle fought against the economic crisis by SYRIZA government since 2015 has worked out and our country has escaped the pitfall. The people has paid a great price in our country which tries to stand on its own feet again. Eastern Macedonia-Th...
To which extent do the SYRIZA MPs we assign in Athens protect our benefits?
07.07.2017
Dear readers, In my previous column with the heading “It is time for SYRIZA to say ‘STOP’ to the inaccuracy in the Western Thrace Turkish policy”, I mentioned that in the last two elections SYRIZA, thanks to us, had the most of the votes in country-wide from our region and instead of awarding us it left all the issue to its rightist partner ANE...
It is time for SYRIZA to say “Stop” to the inaccuracy in the Western Thrace Turkish policy!
06.06.2017
Dear Western Thrace Turks, First of all, may your Ramadan be blessed. Let holy Ramadan bring all of us grace, prosperity and benevolence. Administrators of our country has been conducting a policy so long recalling the events we experienced in the period of 1988-1990, today we are living through a similar one of that period with suppression...
In the 20th period we will work at new targets with same determination and impetus!
11.05.2017
Dear Western Thrace Turks, At our ABTTF Ordinary General Assembly held on 15 April 2017, we presented the activities we executed in the last two years and we gave an accounting to our delegates who participated at the general assembly. At the elections held at the general assembly, we elected ABTTF President and our vice presidents. Myself and ...
Scenario prepared for abolishing our religious autonomy is in application step by step!
03.04.2017
Dear Western Thrace Turks, 600-year-old Çelebi Sultan Mehmet mosque, Beyazıt Mosque in other words, the first mosque constructed in Europe by the Ottoman Empire was destroyed completely in internal parts and on the wooden roof. Ottoman heritage almost disappeared after the fire at the mosque that was closed for worship and has been under restora...
Last phase in the plan of abolishment of educational autonomy!
13.03.2017
Dear Western Thrace Turks, On the first days of the year so as to abolish our religious autonomy there were news like, within the scope of 240 İmam Law the Greek Government had a plan to make the religious instructors it appointed at public schools to select muftis and present these people as elected muftis. And even, we have heard that accordi...
SYRIZA’s promise for “Change”!
28.01.2015
Dear Western Thrace Turks, We had a general election in our country just a few days ago following an unsuccessful presidential elections held on 29 December 2014. After a short period of election campaigns, Greek people went to ballot boxes on 25 January 2015. 18 candidates from Western Thrace Turks also took part in the election from different ...
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