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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...
Statement by Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs regarding Hellenism during her visit to Istanbul
20.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we demand an immediate end to the practices eliminating our religious and educational autonomy guaranteed by the treaties.” The Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Niki Kerameus visited the religious and educational institutions of the Greek Orthodox m...
Greek President’s statement on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
12.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Western Thrace Turks, we were in this region before modern Greece was founded, we are still present today and we are Turks.” The Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos came on 10 February 2020 to Western Thrace upon the invitation of the Municipality of Maronia-Sapes (Maronya-Şapçı) in the Rhodope provi...
Legislative proposals of the Minority SafePack Initiative were presented to the European Commission
07.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “A historic step has been taken to establish a minority protection mechanism at the EU level by officially presenting the MSPI, which the Turkish community in Western Thrace has supported from the very beginning, to the European Commission.” The Minority SafePack European Citizens’ Initiative (MSPI) organized ...
Working visit by ABTTF to Brussels
04.02.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 4 February 2020. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu and ABTTF Vice-President Sami Yusuf were accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office. The ABTTF delegation had meetings with the members of the European...
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