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Western Thrace Turks are at the FUEN 2017 Congress
22.05.2017
“Minority SafePack Initiative” was addressed as the main theme at the congress in all its aspects where ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party attended as representatives of the Western Thrace Turkish community. Western Thrace Turks participated at the 62nd annual congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities(FUEN) held in city of Cluj Napoca/Kol...
ABTTF 20th Presidency Board assigned new duties
24.04.2017
As a result of the elections held at 20th Ordinary General Assembly of the Federation of the Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) on 15 April 2017, 20th Presidency Board assigned duties of Vice Presidents in its first ordinary meeting held on 23 April 2017. At the meeting held in the province of Witten at the Headquarters of ABTTF, duties assi...
ABTTF elected its new management
18.04.2017
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) held its 20th Ordinary General Assembly on 15 April 2017. As a result of the elections held at the general assembly in the province of Gießen in Germany with participation of 12 member associations and 109 delegates, new president and vice presidents of ABTTF and members of inspection and dis...
Parallel report from ABTTF for the U.S. 2016 Human Rights Report on Greece
07.04.2017
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a report with comments and responses to the U.S. 2016 Greece Human Rights Report regarding the issues of Western Thrace Turks and conveyed the report to the U.S Department of State and to other related diplomatic missions. In its parallel report, ABTTF, both elaborated on the issues ...
Response to the letter of ABTTF by Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the European Council
06.04.2017
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the European Council, responded to the letter of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) on violation by Greece of the right of the Western Thrace Turks for selecting their own religious leader and parallel to this within a historical perspective the recent developments experienced regarding ...
ABTTF attends panel on “Sharia and Mufti are Questioned
14.03.2017
Institution of mufti discussed at the panel organized in the region of Western Thrace in Greece The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in a panel on "Sharia and Mufti are Questioned" on 13 March 2017 in Athens organized by Center for European Constitutional Law - Themistokles & Dimitris Tsatos Foundation (CECL). At...
Study Visit to Brussels by ABTTF
09.03.2017
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) made a study visit to the heart of European Union, Brussels, on 8 March, 2017. Within the scope of the study visit President of the ABTTF, Halit Habip Oğlu accompanied by ABTTF Head Office Manager, K. Engin Soyyılmaz met with European Parliament deputy members(MEPs); member of Hungarian minority...
A written statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council by ABTTF
06.03.2017
In its written statement to the United Nations, ABTTF raised the problems of the Turkish minority of Western Thrace on the Mufti issue and the recent developments on this The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement titled “The freedom to elect their own religious leader and the long-lasted problem abou...
ABTTF starts its traditional year-end visits to its member associations
20.12.2016
Within the framework of year-end visits to member associations, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF) visited Witten Western Thrace Turks Solidarity and Co-operation Association on 16 December 2016, Halver Western Thrace Turks Culture Association, Viersen Western Thrace Turks Solidarity and Co-operation Association and Bonn and Nearby...
ABTTF attends UN Minority Issues Forum
25.11.2016
In the theme "minorities in the context of the humanitarian crisis" forum, ABTTF stated that hate-based attacks against the Western Thrace Turkish Minority increased during the humanitarian and economic crisis in Greece. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the 9th Session of the UN Minority Issues Forum in Geneva, UN H...
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