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Young ABTTF attended the YEN General Assembly meeting
12.10.2020
The meeting, during which also new members of the YEN Executive Board were elected, was attended by young people belonging to minorities from different countries in Europe. Young ABTTF attended the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) General Assembly which was held online on 10 October 2020. Nihan Ayan represented Young ABTTF at the meeting.&n...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the European Regional Forum on Minority Issues
22.09.2020
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of representatives from ABTTF and WTMUGA explained in their presentations hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA), representing the Turkish ...
Video about the Greek Orthodox minority living in Istanbul
03.08.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Considering the role of minority communities as bridge-builders between countries, we call on our country Greece to take the example of our motherland Turkey in the context of the positive steps it has taken towards the Greek Orthodox minority in Istanbul and to end its policy denying and ignoring the Turkish community in W...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
24.06.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF expressed the problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of expression, media and freedom of information. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended this year’s second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on ‘Freedom of Expression, Media and Inform...
ABTTF attended to the webinar on COVID-19 and Minorities
10.06.2020
ABTTF participates online meetings and expresses the difficulties faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace during the pandemic The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the webinar series on ‘Minorities and COVID-19’ organised by Bolzano, Italy- based EURAC Research, the Institute for Minority R...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
27.05.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF raised examples of discrimination and intolerance against the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 25-26 May 2020 the online Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on behalf of the Tu...
Parallel report from ABTTF to ministry's report on attacks on religious areas in Greece
07.04.2020
ABTTF President: ‘With this parallel report, our goal is to have a dialogue with the rulers of our country and have a say in matters that directly concern our problems’. As a response to the report published on 19 December 2019 by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs titled ‘Incidents in areas of religious impo...
We condemn the arbitrary imam appointments to the mosques in Komotini and Sapes!
06.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We strongly disapprove these appointments made by the Appointed Deputy Mufti of Rodopi, who is not recognized by the Turkish community in Western Thrace, which ignores the will of our people and intends to divide our community.” The Appointed Deputy Mufti of Rodopi Cihat Halil, who has been designated by the Greek ...
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2019 Human Rights Report
01.04.2020
In its parallel report, ABTTF expressed the problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of human and minority rights. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report as a response to the explanations related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Greece 2018 Human Ri...
Working visit to Western Thrace from ABTTF Presidium
16.03.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Western Thrace, Greece. ABTTF delegation, formed by ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Vice President Sami Yusuf visited the offices of the Muftis elected by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and had meetings with the Mufti of Rhodope and the President of...
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