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2013 FUEN Congress witnessed Western Thrace Turkish Minority undersign a historical accomplishment
24.06.2013
ABTTF President has been elected FUEN Vice-President Our Minority’s Party, Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party has become FUEN Member Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Congress 2013 has taken place in South Tyrol, Italy, on 19-23 June. At the Congress hosted by South Tyrolean People’s Party (SVP), the Western Thrace Turkish Mi...
The Cooperation of ABTTF and DEB Party goes on with strengthening pace
11.06.2013
Representatives of the Hungarian Minority in Romania and Federal Union of European Na-tionalities (FUEN) Director visited Western Thrace Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Friendship, Equality, Peace (DEB) Party have jointly hosted a delegation composed of Federal Union of European National (FUEN) Director and Democratic Un...
ABTTF met with Members of the European Parliament in Brussels
31.05.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu and ABTTF Vice-President had meetings with Euro deputies Kinga Göncz and Iuliu Winkler Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President Halit Habipoğlu and ABTTF Vice-President Cengiz İsmail were on working visit to Brussels. Within the mission taken place on 30 May 2013, Habipoğlu and Ismail had mee...
Problems of the minority associations dissolved on the grounds of bearing the word “Turk” in their titles has been reported to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
29.05.2013
A report on Greece’s persistent non-execution of European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decisions has been submitted to UNHRC Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement on prob-lems of Western Thrace Turkish Minority’s freedom of association to the 23. Session of United Nations Human Rights Council Ha...
ABTTF and BTAYTD were at OSCE High Level Conference in Tirana
23.05.2013
The conference also discussed discrimination and intolerance against Muslims with partici-pation of Komotini Elected Mufti İbrahim Şerif and Xanthi Elected Mufti Ahmet Mete Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High-Level Conference on Non-discrimination and Toler...
ABTTF met with Human Rights Watch in London
21.05.2013
ABTTF expressed Western Thrace Turkish Minority has become target of extreme right in Greece since Golden Dawn entry to the Greek Parliament Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) has met Human Rights Watch (HRW), the global organisation in defence of human rights, on 20 May 2013. The meeting took place in HRW London office and wa...
ABTTF participated in 6th Fundamental Rights Platform Meeting
29.04.2013
Anti-discrimination policies in the EU were discussed along with participation of more than 200 civil society representatives, Eurocracts and MEP Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated at 6th Fundamental Right Platform meeting on 24-26 April 2013. Taken place in Vienna, the meeting was attended by Dr. Sebahattin Abdurr...
The dissolved minority associations bearing the word “Turk” in their names were discussed at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
26.04.2013
Greece’s non-execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions on associations founded by the Western Thrace Turkish Minority was discussed at PACE Side Event organised by ABTTF The problems faced by associations of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority, which were previously dissolved on the grounds of bearing the word “Turk” or “Mino...
ABTTF International Affairs Director denied entry into Greece
22.03.2013
Melek Kırmacı Arık, International Affairs Director at Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF) was refused entry into Greece yesterday, on 21 March 2013. Travelling with a bus company from İstanbul to Komotini, Melek Kırmacı was denied entry at Greece’s Kipi border gate. Kırmacı was refused entry into Greece becase her place of birth ...
Count down started for Minority Citizens’ Initiative
20.03.2013
Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Director Jan Diedrichsen visited the Head Office of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) in Witten. Director Diedrichsen and ABTTF President Halit Habipoglu held a meeting on “Minority Citizens’ Initiative”, which is to take off in June 2013. ABTTF and FUEN discussed the details of ...
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