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CERD considered the state report of Greece
11.08.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 75th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) of the United Nations between 10 and 11 August 2009. CERD considered the state report of Greece on her implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Disc...
Outrageous accusation from Daily Paratiritis against ABTTF
07.08.2009
Daily Paratiritis made news about the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) on July 30th, 2009. As might be recalled, ABTTF had criticized Dimitris Stamatis, Secretary General of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace, due to his response to the news “Stamatis: to be removed from the office immediately” published in the daily Birlik...
ABTTF at Fundamental Rights Platform
08.05.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) represented by Melek Kırmaci, member of International Affairs Department, participated in the second meeting of the European Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) that was held in Vienna between 5 and 6 May 2009. Meanwhile, the meeting brought the representatives of non-governmental organizations (NG...
ABTTF at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
07.05.2009
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated between 4 and 5 May 2009 in Vienna in the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting: hate crimes - effective implementation of legislation organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization of Security and Cooperation for Europe (OSCE). At th...
ABTTF is at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
30.01.2009
On 26-28 January 2009, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) represented by Halit Habipoglu, President, and K. Engin Soyyilmaz, Head of International Affairs Department, paid an official visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). The official visit, which took place during the first part of the 2009 Ordinary Ses...
The problems of the Western Thrace Turks
05.06.2008
The problems of the Western Thrace Turks were referred in the 2007 County Reports on Human Rights Practices of the U.S. Department of State In the 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the U.S. Department of State, which was released on March 11, 2008, Greece was criticized due to her unjust and unlawful practices against the ethnic ...
Successful International Panel Discussion on Minorities in Greece held in the European Parliament
21.04.2008
PRESS RELEASE FLORINA /LERIN, 21/04/08 Macedonian and Turkish minorities unrecognised and ignored in Greece On Thursday 17 April 2008 an international panel discussion was held in the European Parliament on the Ignored Minorities of Greece: Western Thrace Turks and Macedonians. The conference was very well attended and received much publ...
ABTTF Organized an International Panel Discussion in the European Parliament
21.04.2008
On 17April 2008 Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organized an international panel discussion which was held in the European Parliament on “Ignored Minorities of Greece: Western Thrace Turks and Macedonians”. Before the panel discussion a press conference was held in the European Parliament and Halit Habipoglu, the President of ...
Activities in the 20. year of ABTTF: panel about Western Thrace in the European Parliament
07.03.2008
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is moving lobby activities implemented by the European Parliament for a long time to the top and organizing a panel in the European Parliament about Turkish Minority of Western Thrace. It has been enounced that important persons will attend to the panel which will be organized in the European Par...
Mufti of Gumulcine (Komotini), İbrahim Serif participated in religion conference in Germany
22.11.2007
Mufti of Gumulcine İbrahim Serif participated in religion conference in Hannover, Germany with ABTTF General Secretary Ozkan Reşit between 16-17 November. The conference was organized by Loccum Evangelist Academy and the topic was “Sufism” and “inter-religion dialogue”. Before the conference, Serif met with Turkish minority in Hannover and performe...
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