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ABTTF on a working visit in Brussels
16.06.2016
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid on 15 June 2016 a working visit to the European Union (EU) capital Brussels. Accompanied by the ABTTF Brussels Office, ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu met with the Director of the European Free Alliance (EFA) Günther Dauwen and members of the European Parliament (MEPs) József Nagy (Slov...
Delegation of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace visited South Tyrol
30.05.2016
The delegation conducted several meetings and visits on tourism, rural development and agriculture for the economic development of Western Thrace region in Greece. A delegation of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace, which was composed of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) as the initiator, mayors belonging to the minori...
Turkish Minority of Western Thrace took part in 2016 FUEN Congress
23.05.2016
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu was re-elected as FUEN Vice-president at the congress where Turkish minority was represented by ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party who are the full members of FUEN Turkish Minority of Western Thrace took part in the 61. Congress of FUEN that took place in Wroclaw/Breslau, Poland during 18-22 May 2016. Turkish minority w...
ABTTF’s parallel report to the USA 2015 Human Rights Country Report for Greece
19.05.2016
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report to the USA 2015 Human Rights Country Report for Greece released by US Department of State. Having it submitted to the relevant US authorities, ABTTF provided detailed information on the matters that were either missing or inadequately explained in USA Report about Turki...
Second review of Greece’s human rights records at the United Nations
04.05.2016
ABTTF attended the second review of Greece within the framework of the UN UPR mechanism. During the 25th Session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations to be held from 2 to 13 May 2016 in Geneva, the second review of the human rights records of Greece took place on Tuesday, 3 May. Greece’s first review...
ABTTF reported on hate-motivated violence against the Turkish minority of Western Thrace to OSCE
02.05.2016
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted data on hate crimes and violence against the Turkish minority of Western Thrace living in Greece to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). ABTTF mentions in its report the hate-motivated a...
ABTTF delivered a presentation at UPR Info pre-session for Greece
31.03.2016
ABTTF presented the problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and put forward its recommendations ahead of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session in May 2016 Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the Greece pre-session organised by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Info on 31 March 2016. ABTTF Vice-Pre...
ABTTF submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
22.03.2016
ABTTF raises in its written statement the problems having been faced by the Turkish minority of Western Thrace in Greece with regard to the ethnic recognition and freedom of association The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement entitled “The Non-Recognition of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace in...
European Parliament Conference calls for Greece to recognise and better protect its minorities
03.03.2016
3 March 2016, Brussels - On 2 March 2016, Csaba Sógor MEP (EPP), hosted a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels titled ‘Freedom of Association in Greece: A Loophole in European Minority Rights Standards’. The conference, organised in association with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Federation of Western...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Brussels
25.02.2016
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) conducted several meetings mainly in the European Parliament in Brussels on 24 February 2016. The ABTTF delegation composed of ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Vice-President Sami Yusuf and accompanied by ABTTF Brussels Representation met with MEP Soraya Post (Sweden/S&D) and MEP Angeli...
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