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A new example of disrespect to Ottoman-Turkish monuments from the authorities of our country
04.11.2022
ABTTF President: “Our country’s authorities are continuing their reckless and disrespectful attitude towards the historical monuments inherited from the Ottoman Empire by converting the historical Murat Reis Complex on Rhodes Island into a music faculty. Our country should take the practices of our motherland as an example in protecting...
Chairman of the Special Permanent Committee on monitoring the judgments of the ECtHR Charakopoulos: Greece’s record of ECtHR judgments is not honourable
21.10.2022
ABTTF President: “While examining the issues pertaining to the execution of the ECtHR judgments, I would like to remind Charakopoulos of the Bekir-Ousta cases, which have been pending to be executed for 14 years. In particular, we expect Charakopoulos to bring this issue to the parliamentary agenda before the Committee of Ministers of the Cou...
Former Greek President again ignores the facts
18.10.2022
ABTTF President: “I would like to ask our former president: Does our country, which wants to establish full control and supervision over our muftis with the law adopted by the parliament in July 2022, fully comply with the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne, which guarantees our religious autonomy? Is it our country, which has not executed ...
Other manipulative statements from MEP Kefalogiannis as regards the Treaty of Lausanne
11.10.2022
ABTTF President: “Kefalogiannis pursued his habit of deliberately distorting the facts by interpreting the Treaty of Lausanne in a biased way in the articles he wrote, as well as in the written question he submitted to the European Commission.” Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Manolis Kefalogiannis (EPP-Christian Democrats) ha...
Stylianidis continued his discourse of denial on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
04.10.2022
ABTTF President: “Our names are Hasan, Fatma and the language of instruction in our schools is Turkish. But heaven knows why, according to our country, we are not Turks.” New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi Deputy Evripidis Stylianidis, in his article published in Ta Nea newspaper on 1 October 2022, made some assessments with respect to...
ECRI published its 6th report on Greece
26.09.2022
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe published its 6th country report on Greece on 22 September 2022. ECRI’s 6th Country report, prepared after its visit to Greece in November 2021, includes developments in Greece up to March 2022. The report examines Greece under the three common pillars a...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias denied the facts once again
22.09.2022
ABTTF President: “Although Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias claims that our country respects the rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, our country, which has not executed the European Court of Human Rights judgment with respect to the Xanthi Turkish Union for the past 14 years, which was banned because of the word ‘Turki...
Statement by the former Greek President on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.09.2022
ABTTF President: “Our former President still continues to make statements which stipulate that our country fully respects international law as regards the freedom of association. Unfortunately, the policies and practices of our country towards the right of the Turkish community in Western Thrace to exercise its freedom of association are in n...
Libération: Democracy is eroding in Greece
14.09.2022
ABTTF President: “If academia, intelligentsia and civil society in our country have become reluctant to convey the facts in our country, we need to question the state of democracy in our country. Although there was a restoration of democracy in 1974 following the Colonels’ Junta in 1967, democracy was suspended for the Turkish community...
Deutsche Welle: Greece may have lied in the asylum crisis on the islet in the Evros River
13.09.2022
ABTTF President: “When we look at the events in Evros and the pushbacks in the Aegean Sea, the view that our country’s attitude towards asylum seekers is disregarding international law and its inhumane practices are the result of a conscious policy is getting stronger. Our country should get rid of the mentality of conducting policies b...
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