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Prime Minister Mitsotakis: “We take the recommendations in the annual report on the rule of law very seriously”
16.04.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country continues to violate our community’s freedom of association by persistently not executing the judgments regarding our three associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases of the European Court of Human Rights for the past 16 years. Our country must prove that it fully respects the principle of th...
Minister for Health Georgiadis: “The EP’s resolution on the rule of law is full of lies”
10.04.2024
ABTTF President: “The most striking example of the systematic violation of the rule of law and the politicisation of the higher judiciary in our country is that our country has ignored the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the associations of our community and has not executed them for the past 16 years. ‘The gov...
Androulakis: “We and our children deserve to live in a European country where human rights are universally respected.”
09.04.2024
ABTTF President: “Our children, who belong to our community whose existence is denied in our country, are deprived of the right to learn their native language, Turkish, which is one of the most basic human rights. We want Androulakis to see the injustices that our children in our community suffer in the field of education and encourage the go...
Report from non-governmental organisations in Greece to the European Commission on the gradual deterioration of the rule of law in the country
04.04.2024
ABTTF President: “Now someone’s true colours have been shown! The government must take into account the warnings and criticisms coming from within the country and from Europe regarding this negative situation regarding the rule of law, which has seriously damaged our country’s reputation in the international arena, and as an old m...
Statements from Stylianidis regarding education
03.04.2024
ABTTF President: “We hope and would like Stylianidis, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, to refer to the issues our community is faced with in the field of education in his speeches and statements as a Member of Parliament of our region and to convince the government in resolving these issues’&r...
New criticism from Europe about the deterioration of the rule of law in Greece
22.03.2024
ABTTF President: “The politicised higher judiciary in our country persistently rejects the requests for the restoration of the official legal status of our oldest association, the Xanthi Turkish Union, and the official registration of the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Prefecture of Rodopi and the Evros Prefecture Minority Youth...
Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki will be reserved for Eid prayers
15.03.2024
ABTTF President: “We are satisfied that Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki will be reserved for the upcoming Eid prayers. We wish that Yeni Mosque would be reserved not only for Eid prayers but also for all prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, the sultan of eleven months, so that Muslims living in Thessaloniki could live and keep alive their tr...
EP Rapporteur drew attention to the issues regarding the rule of law in Greece
01.03.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country, which has not executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding our three associations for the past 16 years, continues to disregard the principle of the rule of law, despite clearly damaging its reputation in the international arena. If our country, which has been a member of the EU since 1...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women published its concluding observations on Greece
28.02.2024
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) published its concluding observations on Greece which it considered at its 87th session held in Geneva, Switzerland, between 29 January and 16 February 2024. In its concluding observations, which include recommendations for Greece, which is a party to th...
Resolution from the European Parliament on serious developments that threaten the rule of law in Greece
08.02.2024
ABTTF President: “A harsh warning has now come from the EP to our country, which has disregarded the rule of law by failing to execute three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the associations of our community for almost 16 years, despite all the warnings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. What suit...
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