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“Double imam” tension in Rhodes
23.07.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The assigned Mufti of Dimetoka does not have the legal authority to appoint a new imam in Rhodes, which is also contrary to the current practice The Office of Mufti in Dimetoka, Greece appointed a new imam to the İbrahim Pasha Mosque in Rhodes, where Imam İlter Meço has been serving for three years. According to ...
Greece: Migrants Describe Fear on the Streets
12.07.2012
(Athens) – The Greek authorities are failing to tackle a rising wave of xenophobic violence that has left migrants afraid to walk the streets. The 99-page report, “Hate on the Streets: Xenophobic Violence in Greece,”documents the failure of the police and the judiciary to prevent and punish rising attacks on migrants. Despite clear patterns to ...
ECHR condemned Greece in lawsuit initiated by 14 Western Thrace Turks with Turkish nationals
04.07.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: We’ll follow up the whether or not implementation of the ECHR decision by Greece On 3rd July 2012 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Greece in lawsuit initiated by 14 Western Thrace Turks living in Ankara with Turkish nationals. ECHR judged in suit of law brought by the beneficiaries of owner...
Seven parties passed the threshold in Greece, a new coalition government is on the way
20.06.2012
ABTTF’s President Halit Habipoğlu: The Turkish Minority of Western Thrace is at the Parliament with its 3 Turkish deputies On 17 June, Sunday, Greeks went to the polls. In the general elections, New Democracy won 29.7% of the votes and came first in the elections. The Coalition of the Radical Left(SYRIZA) completed the elections in the second-r...
The PACE Standing Committee adopts the report on the Turks in Rhodes and Kos
13.03.2012
The Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Standing Committee, adopted the report entitled “The situation of the Greek citizens of Turkish descent in Rhodes and Kos” (Doc. 12526) and the Resolution (1867/2011) by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, Socialist Group). In the resolution adopted in the Standing Committee on 9 March 2012, the Assemb...
European Court of Human Rights convicts Greece of torture
24.01.2012
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) convicts Greece in the case of Necati Zontul, who was tortured in detention, in Crete, in 2001. Court ordered Greece to pay 50.000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 3,500 euros in respect of costs and expenses. According to Anatolian News Agency, Necati Zontul was in a boat travelling to Italy wi...
Greek Orthodox minority in Turkey to open primary school on Gökçeada (Imbros)
13.01.2012
The Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey has accepted the request of the Greek Orthodox minority for the opening of a new minority primary school on the island of Gökçeada. Forty eight years after the closure of the school on the island Gökçeada in 1964, a new primary school belonging to the minority will be opened. Laki Ving...
Metropolitan of Piraeus Seraphim files an appeal to the Council of State
02.01.2012
The Metropolitan of Piraeus Seraphim filed an appeal to the Council of State asking for the annulment of a bill allowing the construction of a mosque in the Votanikos district of Athens. According to the daily Radikal, Seraphim described the bill as a degrading move against the memory of Christian martyrs that had been created by the Greek state...
Recep Pasha Mosque in Rhodes collapsed
22.12.2011
Recep Pasha Mosque which was built in the island of Rhodes in Greece during the Ottoman Empire period collapsed. According to Birlik newspaper, Recep Pasha Mosque that had been surrounded by construction fence on the ground that it would have been restored collapsed on Sunday night, around 03:00 a.m. Recep Pasha Mosque, which was commissioned b...
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe urges Greece to implement the ECtHR judgments
16.12.2011
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe examined on 2 December 2011 the cases of Bekir-Ousta and Others (Application No. 35151/05), Emin and Others (Application No. 34144/05) and Tourkiki Enosi Xanthis and Others (Application No. 34144/05) in the light of recent developments. Under the Bekir-Ousta group of cases against Greece, the Comm...
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