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We celebrate ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ of 21 March
20.03.2015
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: “Our expectation and demand from SYRIZA who was stressing a lot on equality and justice for all and promised a change in the political system of the country in order to deepen democracy is the creation of a dialogue mechanism between our minority and the government based on equality, freedom and tolerance.” 21 M...
ABTTF’s reaction at UN meeting to new Greek law jeopardising educational autonomy
02.03.2015
ABTTF asked for the annulation of the new law prepared without any consultation with the minority at the 28. Session of the UN Human Rights Council Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement on the re-cent legislation considered to be destroying the educational autonomy of the Turkish Minority of Western T...
The state of play and the future of minority languages in Europe were discussed in the European Parliament
25.02.2015
ABTTF raised the issues of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace, Rhodes and Kos at the conference where similar examples were discussed. An international conference entitled “Language, Identity & Power: What Future for Minority Lan-guages in Europe?” was organised in the European Parliament on 24 February 2015 with the patronage of MEP’s Jill ...
Problems of Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks will be discussed in the European Parliament
19.02.2015
The European Parliament in Brussels will host an event where the language and identity problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks will also be put on the table. The conference that will take place on 24 February 2015 will be hosted by MEP Jill Evans (EFA/Greens), MEP Herbert Dorfmann (EPP), and MEP Csaba...
ABTTF carried out a study visit to Western Thrace
03.02.2015
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) conducted a study visit to Western Thrace from 28 January to 1 February 2015. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Board Member Sami Yusuf, who visited the region to commemorate the Community Solidarity and National Resistance Day of 29 January, paid several visits to civil society organisa...
The response of ABTTF to ND deputy Evripidis Stilyanidis`s statements
16.12.2014
Rodopi ND (New Democracy) deputy and Chairman of the Greek Parliament Delegation to NATO, Evripidis Stilyanidis stated during a conference in New York that the Greek goverment`s policies were quite democratic in Western Thrace. He explained that their policies concerning Muslim minority have been found rightful by the reports published by the US...
ABTTF met with HRWF Int'l and ENAR in Brussels
11.12.2014
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Exective Board member Sami Yusuf paid a one-day working visit to Brussels on 10 December 2014. Accompanied by the ABTTF Brussels Office, Habip Oğlu and Yusuf met with Willy Fautre, Director of the Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF Int'l) a...
ABTTF attended the 7th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues
27.11.2014
ABTTF and BTAYTD voiced hate speech and hate crimes targeting against the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace at the session The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 7th session of the Forum on Minority Issues of the United Nations (UN) that was held from 25 to 26 November 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Turki...
ABTTF attends the first annual meeting of the FUEN Working Group of the Turkic Minorities
24.11.2014
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated from 20 to 23 November 2014 in Ankara, Turkey in the first annual meeting of the Working Group of the Turkic Minorities having been established last year under the umbrella of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) of which ABTTF is a regular member. ABTTF was represented...
Problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace conveyed to the delegation from Finland
15.10.2014
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a study visit to Thessaloniki on 14 October 2014. The delegation of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace consisting of the ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, ABTTF Director K. Engin Soyyılmaz, the Friendship, Equality Peace (FEP) Party President Mustafa Ali Çavuş and FEP Party Working G...
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