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Vouliwatch Director Loukopoulos drew attention to violations of the rule of law in Greece
09.10.2025
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we too are directly experiencing the negative consequences of the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country. Our country’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, disregards the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments concerning the Bekir-Ousta and Others...
Statement from the Association of Greek Judges and Prosecutors on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law
08.10.2025
ABTTF President: “The failure to execute the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases, which has been completely politicized by our country, is clearly stated in European Commission reports as one of the most striking examples of the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country&rs...
The government in our country Greece continues to distort the facts
09.09.2025
ABTTF President: “For over 17 years, our country has persistently failed to execute the ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases, which involves three of our associations. This constitutes a disregard for the principle of the rule of law. Our expectation and demand from those governing our country is that they cease...
According to the Eurobarometer public opinion survey, seven out of ten people in Greece are pessimistic about the country’s current situation
04.09.2025
ABTTF President: “The government, mindful that respect for the rule of law and its protection are indispensable elements of the EU, must take the necessary measures without delay to counter this negative trend, which has been clearly expressed in the reports of international institutions and international civil society organisations, and must...
The fact that our motherland brought the human rights violations and discrimination suffered by Turks in Western Thrace and the Dodecanese Islands to the attention of the UN Security Council has caused concern in our country
29.08.2025
ABTTF President: “Our country’s diplomacy still believes that it can manipulate the facts to convince the international community, that it can impose only the reality it believes in. However, all these efforts are futile. Indeed, now the whole world knows about the presence of Turks in Western Thrace and the Dodecanese Islands’&rs...
The Greek National Human Rights Commission drew attention to the issues concerning the rule of law in the country
29.08.2025
ABTTF President: “As clearly stated in the reports of EEDA and the European Commission, the systematic violation of the rule of law in our country is now an undeniable reality. Our country’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, disregards the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments concerning three associations of our communit...
The government is once again violating the rule of law in the appointment of senior judges in Greece
06.08.2025
ABTTF President: ''The European Commission’s recently published 2025 Rule of Law Report also notes that issues related to the rule of law persist in our country and refers to the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases in the context of the violations of our community’s freedom of association''. Prof. Xenophon Contiades...
Some circles in our country are once again disturbed by our motherland’s support for the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
31.07.2025
ABTTF President: “The leaders and prominent politicians of our country, in their statements made during their visits to Greek Orthodox schools and churches in Istanbul, Gökçeada and Bozcaada, consistently and exclusively use the term ‘‘Greek minority’’. However, the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne refe...
A committee has been established in the Greek Parliament to investigate the OPEKEPE scandal
30.07.2025
ABTTF President: “The economic consequences of the OPEKEPE scandal will also become apparent in the near future. Our region, Western Thrace, is already in a difficult economic situation, being the most underdeveloped region of our country. With an economy based on agriculture, our region is likely to face even more difficult times following t...
Greece’s suspension of asylum applications for those arriving in Crete is worrying
11.07.2025
Greece has suspended asylum applications for three months for those arriving by sea in Crete due to the increasing number of refugees crossing from Libya. In a speech to the Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated that ‘‘emergencies require urgent measures’’, a decision that was met with crit...
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