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The Committee for the Development of Thrace scam!
09.12.2021
Dear readers, As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we have started to have a stronger presence in Athens because the main place we need to solve our problems is in our own country in Athens. Our dialogue with Athens-based NGOs and politicians has begun. In mid-November, we realised our second working visit to Athens. The first wa...
We will show our presence in Athens with strength!
10.11.2021
Dear readers, As the ABTTF 20th Period Presidium, we held our Ordinary General Assembly on 23 October 2021 to account for the four years of our term. We elected our 21st period administration with the vote in the general assembly organised within the framework of the measures implemented in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Since ou...
We are the only ignored, unregarded minority in the EU!
06.10.2021
Dear readers, I attended the congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) in Trieste, Italy on 9-12 September 2021, where we are a full member as the Turkish community in Western Thrace and I am also part of the board. Due to the pandemic, we were unable to hold our congress last year, but this year we were able to meet repr...
After the forest fires that burned us...
09.09.2021
Dear readers, The event that marked the summer holidays this year was the forest fires that affected the south of Europe and all Mediterranean countries. Our country, our motherland, Spain, Italy, France and Portugal were the countries where forest fires were most experienced in the Mediterranean region. Thousands of hectares of forest and...
There is again no passage for the Xanthi Turkish Union!
30.07.2021
Dear friends, The month of July is for almost everyone a month of holidays. It was also the case for me! I was in my homeland with my family for three weeks of July starting at the end of June, and I spent my summer holidays in my beautiful homeland with my family and loved ones. On the other hand, although July means summer holidays...
If anyone is using us, it’s the rulers and politicians of our country!
07.06.2021
Dear friends, The agenda of politics in recent days is us, Western Thrace Turks! Our motherland Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited our Western Thrace and met with our representatives ahead of his visit to Athens for the exploratory talks. Çavuşoğlu said the following ‘Western Thrace...
When will our country stop saying, ‘I haven't seen it, I haven't heard it, I don't know’?
10.05.2021
Dear readers, As you all know and follow from the press, our country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias paid a visit to Ankara, the capital of our motherland Turkey, in mid-April. Five years later, the exploratory talks between our country and our motherland began in January, and Dendias was scheduled to visit Ankara in March a...
They will not succeed!
07.04.2021
Dear friends, As the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), we have brought our activities to Brussels, Strasbourg, Vienna, Warsaw, Geneva and now to Athens. We opened our Athens office a year ago to be more active in Athens and to have a dialogue with the government and the Athens circles. With the opening of our Athens off...
We are seeking dialogue for the execution of ECtHR judgments, but what about you?
10.03.2021
Dear friends, Three of our associations known as the ‘Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases’ before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) are awaiting for our country to execute ECtHR judgments. The first of our associations, the Xanthi Turkish Union was established in 1927 and is the first and oldest of our association...
We are Turks!
29.01.2021
Dear readers, Happy 29th January, Social Solidarity and National Resistance Day! The anniversary of this important day, which was a turning point in the history of the Turkish community in Western Thrace passed sour as we could not celebrate this day with enthusiasm by coming together as do usually. Our Consultative Committee Turkish Minor...
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