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Condemnation
03.11.2020
A terrorist attack took place in Vienna, Austria, on Monday night, 2 November 2020 at 6 different locations. The attack which took place one day before the lockdown was set to be put in place as a result of increasing number of coronavirus cases took place in Vienna’s First District near a synagogue by long-barrelled assailants killed 3 civil...
ABTTF attended the FUEN Assembly of Delegates 2020
26.10.2020
ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party represented the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the meeting which was held online. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the Assembly of Delegates of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) which was organised online due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic o...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Webinar on access to information and freedom of the media
22.10.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) continues to attend webinar series entitled ‘Three decades of upholding democracy and human rights’ organised by Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in cooperation with the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and the Office of the H...
ABTTF attended the public hearing of the European Parliament addressing the ‘Minority Safepack’ initiative
21.10.2020
During the hearing, the proposals of the “Minority Safepack” initiative on how the EU law could promote minority rights, and linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe were presented The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 15 October 2020 the public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiativ...
ABTTF submitted its proposals to the Committee for the Development of Thrace
20.10.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Our country can be seen as a ship and everyone living in this country are those pursuing their lives in the same ship. If there is a crack at any point in the ship, if it is broken, the whole ship will sink over time’. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted to the the Inter-Party Pa...
ABTTF attended the OSCE webinar on rule of law
15.10.2020
During the online seminar, ABTTF asked for the full implementation of ECtHR judgments by the OSCE participating States. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended on 14 October 2020 the third series of online seminars (webinars) entitled “Three decades of upholding...
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...
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