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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the European Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report
29.04.2026
In its resolution adopted on 29 April 2026, the European Parliament (EP), emphasising that the European Union (EU) is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, noted that these values must be consistently up...
FUEN raised the issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the CINGOs General Assembly
22.04.2026
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is a full member, attended the Spring General Assembly of the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (CINGOs) of the Council of Europe which was held from 14 to 17 April 2026, and gathered and opportunity in rais...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe criticised Greece for persistently failing to execute the European Court of Human Rights judgments concerning the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases
05.12.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘Our country, which is once again playing for time, has gained more time with this latest decision by the Committee of Ministers. However, the reality is that the aggrievement of our associations has continued for nearly 18 years, and our community’s freedom of association has been violated’’. At i...
OSCE 2024 Hate Crime Report was published
18.11.2025
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) published its 2024 Hate Crime Report on 17 November 2025, on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance. Forty-six of the OSCE’s 57 participating States provided official data for the report, which contain...
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Theoharis: Fully guaranteeing the rights of the Greek national minority is an indispensable condition for Albania’s progress towards the EU
07.11.2025
ABTTF President: “When it comes to our community, even the most fundamental human rights are ignored by our country. There should be no double standards when it comes to human and minority rights, but our country has been doing this for years. When imposing conditions on neighbouring Albania during its EU accession process, when will our coun...
Happy European Day of Languages!
26.09.2025
ABTTF President: “We reiterate our demand for bilingual Turkish minority kindergartens and call upon the Council of Europe and our country which is a member of the Council of Europe and the EU to immediately cease closing our special and autonomous primary schools belonging to our community and to ratify the Framework Convention for the Prote...
The U.S. Department of State’s 2024 Greece Country Report on Human Rights Practices has been released
14.08.2025
ABTTF President: “We are strongly disappointed that this year’s report, which has been significantly narrowed in scope, fails to address the issues and human rights violations facing our community. As in previous years, ABTTF will prepare a parallel report on the content of the report on Greece and convey the issues facing our community...
The Panagia Church in Bozcaada has reopened for worship
28.07.2025
ABTTF President: “We want our country to grant our community the same rights that are being demanded for the Greek Orthodox minority, with whom we share the same fate under the Treaty of Lausanne. This is what befits our country, which defines itself as the cradle of democracy at every opportunity and is one of the oldest members of the Europ...
The 2025 Rule of Law Report of the EU was published
09.07.2025
In its report on Greece, the European Commission again referred to the Bekir-Ousta group of cases concerning the violation of the freedom of association and recommended simplifying the registration of civil society organisations. The European Commission published its 2025 Rule of Law Report on 8 July. The Rule of Law Report, which examines devel...
According to the EU Justice Scoreboard, Greece ranks last in terms of length of judicial proceedings!
03.07.2025
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are first-hand witnesses to how badly justice is administered in our country. Following the dissolution of the Xanthi Turkish Union, the domestic legal process took 22 years. The European Court of Human Rights judgments in the group of case known as Bekir-Ousta and Others have n...
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