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Attack on a Jehovah’s Witness church in Germany
10.03.2023
A church belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses was attacked in Hamburg, Germany. According to initial reports, 7 people lost their lives and 8 were injured due to the fire opened by the attackers at the church on Deelböge Street in the GroßBorstel district. On behalf of the Presidium of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europ...
MEPs concerned about the challenges to EU values in Greece!
09.03.2023
ABTTF President: ‘‘The messages delivered by the MEPs whom are members of the LIBE Committee are extremely important. It shows that our country Greece is moving away from EU values and is moving in a different direction instead of applying principles such as democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights.’’ A delegation ...
German minority in Poland organises Cultural Festival with the support of Poland and Germany
04.08.2022
ABTTF President: “Our country became a member of the EU in 1981, long before Poland. But compared to Poland, it is far behind Poland in terms of minority rights. In Greece, there is no passage for our associations with the word ‘Turkish’ in their names, and it is not possible for us to organise any event under the name of Turkish ...
Greek MEP Kefalogiannis’ written question as regards the Treaty of Lausanne
03.08.2022
ABTTF President: “In our opinion, it is Kefalogiannis himself who misreads and interprets Lausanne. For this, it will be sufficient for the Turkish community in Western Thrace to examine the practices in our region within the framework of the status and rights it had with Lausanne in the period from 1923 to the period of the Colonels’ J...
Greek MEP Kefalogiannis again ignored the ethnic identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace in his question to the European Commission
28.07.2022
ABTTF President: “Kefalogiannis claims that there is a Muslim minority in Thrace, while Istanbul, Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) have Greek national minorities according to Lausanne. Kefalogiannis cannot not have known that the Treaty of Lausanne contains the phrase ‘non-Muslim minorities’. If he says that th...
The European Court of Justice rejects the appeal to cancel the registration of the “Minority SafePack” initiative by the European Commission
18.02.2022
ABTTF President: “With the latest judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU, it is once again underlined that the protection of the rights of minorities and the strengthening of cultural and linguistic diversity are values and objectives of the EU and should be taken into account in the works of the EU. The European Commission should revie...
We condemn the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in Iserlohn, Germany!
05.01.2022
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest possible way the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in the city of Iserlohn, and we demand that the perpetrators be caught and brought to justice as soon as possible and given the punishment they deserve.” On the night of 1 January 2022, an attack was carried out on the Muslim cemet...
While young people from the Greek Orthodox minority are planning to settle in Istanbul, Western Thrace Turks that are victims of Article 19 are awaiting the return of their Greek citizenship
27.09.2021
ABTTF President: “Within the framework of the principle of reciprocity established by the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty, the same rights were granted to both the Greek Orthodox minority in our motherland Turkey and the Turkish community in Western Thrace in our country Greece, and their fate was drawn together. The Ecumenical Federation of Const...
Communication from the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe about Bekir Ousta to the Committee of Ministers
02.09.2021
ABTTF President: ‘The communication of the Conference of INGOs to the Committee of Ministers shows that it is understood and observed by all related circles that the freedom of association of our community has been taken away and that there is a need for action in order to address this injustice’. Ahead of the meeting of the Co...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe strongly warned Greece with interim resolution
10.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country must immediately end its policy of denial against us and, as the Committee of Ministers has emphasised it, take a concrete step towards the execution of ECtHR judgments concerning our associations, proving that it fully respects the principles of democracy and the rule of law.” The Committee of Ministers...
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