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Turks of Western Thrace are ignored beneath the mask of cradle of democracy!
03.03.2020
Dear readers, 2020 began with a very dynamic and busy agenda. In February alone, our region hosted the President and Prime Minister of our country. Now our region is at the top of the country's agenda as a result of the refugee crisis which has intensified these latest days. The President of our country came to our region o...
First step in Athens!
28.01.2020
Dear readers, This is the 29 January National Resistance and Solidarity Day anniversary week. Thirty-two years have passed since we took to the streets as the Turkish community in Western Thrace claiming vividly that ‘we are Turks’. Thirty years have passed after the 1990 Pogrom, where violence, attacks and looting took place a...
We continue our work thanks to the strength we receive from our member associations!
08.01.2020
Dear readers, Due to the end of the year, we visited our member associations as it was a calm month in December regarding our international activities. Although we regularly and continuously share the transparent work of our Federation with the public, we informed our associations directly at the occasion of these visits. As ABTTF, w...
We enter 2020 with new hopes for our strategies!
17.12.2019
Dear readers, We leave once more another year behind us. 2019 has been a busy year with many developments. There have been local and general elections in our country Greece and European Parliament elections. We have shown our presence and strength as the Turkish community in Western Thrace in these elections. ...
Exclusivist and populist politics targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace must end!
07.11.2019
Dear readers, Opening ceremony of the new branch of the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association in Xanthi took place on 16 October 2019. The notables and representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace were present at the ceremony. The Turkish Consul General in Komotini also attended the opening ceremon...
Come and embrace instead of excluding!
14.10.2019
Dear readers, As Western Thrace Turks, we and Greeks in Istanbul, Imbros and Tenedos were exempted from the population exchange according to the Treaty of Lausanne. This treaty granted the autonomy in the field of education and religion to the two communities. Our motherland Turkey recognises them as “the Greek minority&r...
SYRIZA gone, New Democracy came: What's the difference for Western Thrace?
30.08.2019
Dear Readers, Due to the loss of a large number of votes at the European Parliament elections on May 26th, Alexis Tsipras moved the general elections scheduled to be held in October to an earlier time and as a result, for the first time our country went to the polls during the summer holiday. As expected, the July 7th early gener...
Both award and punishment are in the ballot box in politics!
05.07.2019
Dear Readers! We have had 3 elections in the last 3 months in our country, Greece! The first was local, regional and the European Parliament elections on May 26. Secondly, the second round of elections in local administrations was held on June 2. Third, there will be early general elections on July 7. Under these circumstances,...
We no longer believe in empty promises! We are Turkish, we are here!
31.05.2019
Dear readers, As it was in the European Parliament (EP) elections of 2014, Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party, political party of Western Thrace Turkish community ranked first in the 2019 EP elections in the provinces of Rhodope and Xanthi. I congratulate our party and our community! This success is indeed the success of our FEP Part...
To show our presence and power, our votes are for the DEB Party and Turkish candidates at the elections!
10.05.2019
Dear readers, On May 26, 2019, the European Parliament (EP) elections will be held in Greece as well as the local and regional elections. While the political parties are participating in the EP elections with their own lists, in regional elections in other words in the provincial elections candidates in different lists will compete. In the...
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