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Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended 3rd Thematic Seminar of FUEN TAG
27.09.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisting of representatives of ABTTF and WTMUGA expressed the violations of the freedom of association of the Western Thrace Turkish community in Western Thrace and problems in the field of education The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduat...
Letter from ABTTF to international authorities about Greece’s usurpation of the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
15.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘While our motherland Turkey takes positive steps that improve the rights and freedoms of the Greek Orthodox minority regardless of the reciprocity defined by the Treaty of Lausanne, our country Greece ignores the Turkish community in Western Thrace and sees it as a threat to the unity of the country and public order’. ...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN 2021 Congress
13.09.2021
The text of the resolution on the non-execution of ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece was adopted by the FUEN Assembly of Delegates. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 65th annual Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) held in Trieste, Italy on 9-12 Septembe...
Young ABTTF attended the YEN Seminar on ‘Story of My Life’
07.09.2021
Young ABTTF, the youth organisation of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), participated in the seminar titled ‘Story of My Life’ organised by the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) in Strasbourg, France on 1-5 September 2021 with the contributions of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. Nihan ...
Working visit by ABTTF to Strasbourg
30.08.2021
Within the scope of the working visit, the non-execution of ECtHR judgments regarding Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece was brought to the agenda, and current developments regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace were conveyed. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg, where...
Xronos: ‘Areios Pagos: Muslim citizens are Greek, not Turkish’
27.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘As members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are Greek citizens of ethnic Turkish origin, just like Albanian citizens of ethnic Greek origin. So even though our existence is denied, whether they use the law to politicise it, the truth is clear. As citizens of this country, we live as Turks in our own country. Th...
Written statement from ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
24.08.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement titled ‘The limitations in civil rights granted to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece’ to the 48th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council which will be held from 13 September to 1 October 2021. In its written statement, A...
We are “Turks” in Western Thrace, and we want this to be respected
23.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Just as our country recognised us as ‘Turks’ from 1923 to 1983, we demand that it recognises us in the same way as ‘Turks’ and we are struggling for it.” The New Democracy Party (YDP) MP Evripidis Stylianidis from Rodopi once again used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western T...
Western Thrace Turks attended the third OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the year
14.07.2021
During the meeting, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the rights violations and the discriminations faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the digital age. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Gradu...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace demands that its freedom of association is respected
13.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Starting in 1983, in line with the policy of denial by our country of the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, first the Xanthi Turkish Union and then one by one our associations bearing the word ‘Turkish’ were closed down. We ask our country to comply with its obligations arising from int...
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