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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek responds to ABTTF
30.10.2012
Knut Vollebaek, OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) High Commis-sioner on National Minorities, has replied to the letters, dated 2 August 2012 and 28 August 2012, by ABTTF President Halit Habipoglu addressing the violation of religious autonomy in Rhodes and the increasing number of hate motivated attacks on minorities in Gr...
A delegation from Europe visits Western Thrace in Greece to investigate the problems of the Turkish minority
22.10.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: As an NGO having been conducting political lobbying in the international arena for many years, we broke new ground, and brought a delegation to investigate the problems of the Turkish minority to Western Thrace The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organized from 16 to 20 October 2012 a fact-fi...
ABTTF Young participated in YEN Youth Leader Seminar
15.10.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The election of a young person belonging to the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace as YEN President deserves a big round of applause. On 9-14 October 2012, ABTTF Young participated in Youth Leader Seminar “Solidarity in Diversity” organized by Youth of European Nationalities(YEN) in Gdansk, Poland. ABTTF Young...
ABTTF at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
05.10.2012
The President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habipoğlu and ABTTF Director General K. Engin Soyyilmaz paid a working visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 3 to 4 October 2012 in Strasbourg. Greece insists on not implementing the ECtHR’s judgments During the meeting with the ...
ABTTF participated in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2012
04.10.2012
During the meeting ABTTF and BTAYTD brought the problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace on the agenda The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated from 2 to 3 October 2012 in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2012 organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Orga...
ABTTF congratulated EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis for his new task
28.09.2012
ABTTF asked Stavros Lambrinidis to keep an eye on human rights violations in the EU area. Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe(ABTTF) congratulated Stavros Lambrinidis who was started his duty as EU Special Representative for Human Rights on 1 September, 2012. ABTTF asked Lambrinidis to promote human rights in home affairs of the EU and...
ABTTF at the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council
17.09.2012
ABTTF stated that there is a marked increase in hate-motivated attacks in the period after the election of Golden Dawn to the Greek Parliament On 13-14 September 2012, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 21st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council. Held in UN Geneva House between 10 and 28 September ...
ABTTF prepared a parallel report on the U.S. 2011 International Religious Freedom Report on Greece
11.09.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: With the parallel report, we are aiming to make the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace have a say in issues which directly concern itself The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report on the International Religious Freedom Report for 2011 on Greece which was released by the U...
U.S. 2011 International Religious Freedom Report on Greece released
08.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: As ABTTF, we will prepare a shadow report as in the previous and express the views of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace on the matters left incomplete in the U.S. report The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the U.S. Department of State released the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report on...
ABTTF attended the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum
28.06.2012
Approximately 1800 participants discussed the role of media in culture and education Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated to Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum on 25- 27 June 2012 in Bonn, Germany. Fatma Reşit, Member of ABTTF International Affairs and Lobby Group and Young ABTTF Spokesman, attended the intern...
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