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ABTTF President held high-level meetings in Ankara
01.02.2018
Halit Habip Oğlu, President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF), paid an official study visit to Ankara, capital of Western Thrace Turks’ motherland Turkish Republic. During the visit on 31 January 2018, ABTTF President met with Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and th...
Happy New Year
29.12.2017
As Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), we wish you happy holidays and a Happy New Year 2018 filled with peace, harmony and mutual understanding.
ABTTF participated at the conference on European minority regions
04.12.2017
At two-day conference organized by the Federal Union of European Nationalities(FUEN) contributions of local and national minorities to economic and cultural development of the regions they live in and their bridge-building roles in cooperation among the regions were discussed. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the con...
ABTTF attended the UN Forum on Minority Issues
01.12.2017
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 10th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues organized on 30 November-1 December 2017 at UN House in Ge-neva. The session with the theme “Minority Youth: Towards Diverse and Inclusive Societies” was attended by Melek Kırmacı Arık, ABTTF International Relations Director and Fun...
A parallel report by ABTTF for the U.S. 2016 Greece Religious Freedom Report
16.11.2017
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report for the U.S. International Religious Freedom Report 2016 on Greece published by the United States of America (USA) Department of State. In the report conveyed to competent authorities by the US, the issue of muftis and primarily the issue of “240 Imam Law” and probl...
ABTTF attended FUEN TAG’s 4th annual meeting organized in İzmir
30.10.2017
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 4th annual meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) inside the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) organized on 24-27 October 2017 in the city of İzmir in the motherland Turkey. While ABTTF’s President Halit Habip Oğlu participated in ...
ABTTF participated at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw
15.09.2017
Nabi İbrahimcik, Vice President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Melek Kırmacı, International Relations Director participated at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE) in Warsaw, capital of Poland. At the meeting where the Turkish community...
Delegation from Europe observed the problems of Turkish community in Western Thrace
14.09.2017
During the expedition taken by the ABTTF a delegation consisted of academicians and civil society organization representatives made an observation on site regarding discriminative and racist applications against Western Thrace community and problems experienced in the field of religion and education Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (...
ABTTF participated at the OSCE meeting on freedom of religion or belief
23.06.2017
At the meeting representatives of the Western Thrace Turkish community criticized the intervention on religious autonomy and brought the recent legal proceedings for the religious leaders on the agenda. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at the meeting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSC...
Western Thrace Turks are at the FUEN 2017 Congress
22.05.2017
“Minority SafePack Initiative” was addressed as the main theme at the congress in all its aspects where ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party attended as representatives of the Western Thrace Turkish community. Western Thrace Turks participated at the 62nd annual congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities(FUEN) held in city of Cluj Napoca/Kol...
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