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In Echinos, 20 Muslim mothers challenge the law denying their children pre-school education both in Turkish and Greek Bilingual Turkish-Greek kindergartens are a big issue for the Muslim ethnic Turkish minority
24.10.2012
HRWF (24.10.2012) - Twenty mothers of Echinos (Thrace, Xanthi Prefecture) belonging to the Muslim ethnic Turkish minority[i] are openly challenging Law 3518/2006 introducing compulsory school education from the age of five because the local Greek educational authorities have repeatedly rejected their requests for opening a Greek-Turkish kindergarte...
Muslims of Turkish origin discriminated against in North-Eastern Greece
23.10.2012
A human rights fact-finding mission accompanied by European deputy François Alfonsi highlights structural human rights problems and recommends to the Greek Government a constructive dialogue with the said community HRWF (22.10.2012) - "Muslims of Turkish heritage who number about 140,000-150,000 people[i] in Thrace (North-Eastern Greece) are dis...
Golden Dawn party members smash stalls run by immigrants in Rafina, near Athens
10.09.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Unless immediate measures are taken, we will witness increasing acts of violence in different parts of the country The members of the political party Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) inspected the permits and documents of those who opened stall in the market set up on the occasion of religious feast in Rafina, near to...
Golden Dawn supporters clash with police
27.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The spread of clashes into other cities may threaten the general security of the country The police intervened in the protest led by Golden Dawn MP Efstathios Boukouras and Golden Dawn supporters who patrol the city of Corinth with the claim of “expelling the immigrants and protecting the Greek identity of the ci...
MP Mehmet Müezzinoğlu and Director General of IRCICA Dr. Halit Eren were denied to entry to Greece
22.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: This incident does not suit to an EU member state The MP Mehmet Müezzinoğlu of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), who personally has his roots in Western Thrace, his wife Faize Müezzinoğlu and Dr. Halit Eren, General Director of the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and for...
An Iraqi migrant killed in Greece
13.08.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: If necessary precautions are not taken, the country might tumble into chaos On 12 August 2012, an Iraqi migrant has been attacked in the capital city Athens. The migrant has been attacked on Anaxagora Street in the early hours of the morning, he was taken to a hospital but lost his life at the hospital. Accord...
“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...
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