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Written contribution from ABTTF to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission
15.01.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) sent its written contribution to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission. ABTTF, which participated in the online targeted stakeholder consultation initiated by the European Commission and open to non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders in EU Member States for the...
ABTTF attended the UN Forum on Minority Issues
01.12.2023
At the forum, the representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace raised the discriminatory practices against the Turkish community in Western Thrace and issues pertaining to education in access to quality education. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 16th Session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on ...
A written question was submitted to the European Commission at the initiative of ABTTF regarding the imposition of double-shift schooling at the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School and the demand for a new school building
30.11.2023
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (France, Greens/EFA), Loránt Vincze (Romania, EPP), Herbert Dorfmann (Italy, EPP) and Yana Toom (Estonia, Renew) submitted a written question titled ‘‘Double-shift schooling in Western Thrace’’ to the European Commission. In the written question...
ABTTF expressed the educational issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the EP Intergroup on Minorities
23.11.2023
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) made a presentation titled ‘‘Problems in equal access to quality education for children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece’’ at a meeting of the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages at the European Parliamen...
The hearing of the claim for damages filed by ABTTF against the newsbreak.gr news website was held in a higher court
09.11.2023
The hearing of the claim for damages filed by ABTTF against the news site newsbreak.gr, which published defamatory and false news about the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) in 2021, was held in Athens on 9 November 2023. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu attended the hearing held at the Court of First Instance with several jud...
The 9th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG was hosted by the Turkish community in Western Thrace
06.11.2023
The hosts of the meeting, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisting of the representatives from ABTTF, FEP Party and WTMUGA, conveyed the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The 9th annual meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities within the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) (TAG), ...
Answer from the European Commission to the written question regarding the educational issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
25.10.2023
The European Commission answered the written question titled ‘‘Access to high-quality preschool education for children from the Turkish-minority community in Western Thrace (Greece)’’ presented by Members of the European Parliament (MEP) Loránt Vincze (Romania, EPP), François Alfonsi (France, Greens/EFA), Herbe...
The guest of the ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ programme was MEP François Alfonsi
13.10.2023
The eleventh part of the online programme series of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) titled ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ was broadcast on 12 October 2023. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (Greens/EFA), who belongs to the Corsican community on the French island of Corsi...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
12.10.2023
During the meetings held during the working visit, the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, especially those related to education and freedom of association were discussed. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg on 9-11 October 2023, in parallel with the Autumn Session of...
The representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace were at the OSCE
06.10.2023
Participating in the Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw, ABTTF conveyed the issues in the fields of freedom of religion and freedom of association. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) attended the Human Dimension Conference of the Organisation for Se...
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