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Written contribution from ABTTF to the thematic report to be prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
05.03.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted its written contribution to the office of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Prof. Nicolas Levrat for the thematic report to be submitted to the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026. In its written contribution, ABTTF conveyed the a...
ABTTF President paid a working visit to Brussels
18.02.2025
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU) on 18 February 2025. Habip Oğlu, accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office, met with MEPs from the European Parliament (EP) Iuliu Winkler (EPP, Romania) from the Hungarian ...
ABTTF realised a written contribution to the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report 2025
06.02.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted its written contribution to the European Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report. ABTTF, which participated in the online consultation process open to civil society organisations and other stakeholders in EU Member States initiated by the European Commission for the 2025 Rule of ...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
29.01.2025
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, during his meetings, brought to the agenda the non-execution of the ECtHR judgments on the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases by Greece for the past 17 years and the building issue and the confusion of competencies with respect to the the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School. President of the Fed...
ABTTF President paid a working visit to Brussels
10.12.2024
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday, 10 December 2024. Within the scope of the working visit, Habip Oğlu, accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office, held meetings with various Members of the...
Note verbale from Greece to the written statements submitted by ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
04.12.2024
The Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations (UN) Office and other international organizations in Geneva responded to the written statements submitted by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) to the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council on the demand for the dissolution of the Friendship Equality Peace (FEP) Party ...
ABTTF was in Geneva for the UN Forum on Minority Issues
29.11.2024
Representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace raised the issues in the field of education, which has a great impact on the future of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, in the session on the representation of minorities in education. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 17th Sessio...
Western Thrace Turks attended the 10th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
04.11.2024
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation consisting of ABTTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party and their representatives conveyed the current developments related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace during the meeting. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and F...
FUEN organised a conference on the Women of Minorities in Athens
04.11.2024
As an example of the state’s systematic discrimination against the Turkish community in Western Thrace, ABTTF indicated that the freedom of association of women’s associations was violated because of the word ‘‘Turkish’’ in their name and accounted the effects of the backwardness of Western Thrace on Turkish wome...
ABTTF participated in the consideration of Greece of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
22.10.2024
ABTTF, which contributed to the review process, brought to the agenda the violation of the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the non-execution of ECtHR judgments in the Bekir-Ousta group of cases for the past 16 years. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), which has a special consultative s...
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