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Intolerance is at an extreme stage again when it comes to Ottoman-Turkish monuments in Greece!
18.08.2020
ABTTF President: “Ottoman-Turkish monuments in Greece are an integral part of our country’s historical and cultural heritage. The Greek press is now continuing its provocative news coverage by targeting the German Ambassador to Athens, who shared a photo of the Fethiye Mosque in Ioannina.” The Ambassador of the Federal Re...
Possible dialogue process between Turkey and Greece
29.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We do hope that issues pertaining to the Turkish community in Western Thrace will be tackled within the framework of talks between our country Greece and our motherland Turkey.” Following the explanation by İbrahim Kalın, Spokesman for the Presidency of Turkey which is the motherland of Western Thrace Turks t...
EU Leaders finally agreed on the COVID-19 economic recovery programme
22.07.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Western Thrace which has been ignored for years regarding economic development should be provided the necessary economic assistance by declaring it a priority region as a result of the economic results created by the pandemic’. After four days of negotiations at the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, the European ...
U.S. 2019 International Religious Freedom Report released
12.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘As every year, we will prepare a report parallel to the U.S. report on Greece and convey the views of our community to the U.S. authorities with respect to our problems which have been described superficially, incompletely or incorrectly in the report’. The 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom of th...
In Greece, which holds the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Turkish community in Western Thrace has been facing discrimination for decades!
05.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece which constantly prides itself in being the ‘cradle of democracy’ to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the Western Thrace Turkish associations and to fully respect the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” Greece took...
Racist statements from the Greek Solution Party President Velopoulos!
27.03.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The racist remarks of Velopoulos, the head of the far-right Greek Solution Party, targeted the Turkish community in Western Thrace in relation to the quarantine of the village of Echinos are not wise. We should avoid planting the seeds of hatred in society in the fight against this virus that threatens all of humanity regar...
Greece 2019 Human Rights Report by U.S. Department of State released
13.03.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The report, which has given even less room to the problems of the Western Thrace Turks than in previous years, addresses the problems with a superficial approach. As ABTTF, as every year, we will prepare a report on the problems experienced by Western Thrace Turks in the field of human and minority rights and communicate it...
Provocative act from Lagos
31.01.2020
EU MP Yannis Lagos, who left the racist Golden Dawn Party in July 2019, yesterday ripped the Turkish flag at a session of the European Parliament which was related to the plight of migrants and refugees on the Greek islands and said, "This is all that it deserves, nothing else. Let the Turks come out and we will end our dealings with them,&quo...
Report from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs on attacks on religious sites
27.12.2019
ABTTF President: “Attacks on places of worship and mosques belonging to the Turkish community of Western Thrace are provocative attacks aimed at disrupting the peaceful environment in the region while targeting freedom of religion and belief” The Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs has just released its 2018 report on i...
Kos Municipality is confiscating the foundation's revenues on the grounds of the restoration of Defterdar Mosque!
23.12.2019
ABTTF President: ‘The municipality is trying to create a fortune from the suffering caused by the natural disaster. It is utterly unacceptable for the municipality to reach an agreement with the appointed foundation managers and collect the rental income of the shops under the mosque’. There is a series of surprising developmen...
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