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Question for written answer to the European Commission regarding hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.04.2023
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (France, Greens/EFA) submitted a question for written answer to the European Commission as regards hate speech and systematic discrimination targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece. In the question for written answer which was directed by MEP Alfonsi to the Europ...
A resolution which also refers to minority rights was adopted in the European Parliament
21.04.2023
ABTTF President: “With the inclusion of the Framework Agreement and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in the EU legal system, the protection of national and autochthonous minorities in Europe and the promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity will be one of the general policy areas that are legally binding for all EU...
The issues of Western Thrace Turks were on the agenda at the United Nations
24.03.2023
In its oral statement at the UN, attended by all states, UN bodies and many civil society representatives in the world, ABTTF said that the Turkish community in Western Thrace is seen as a threat in its own country, and that because of this, it has been made the target of hate speech in politics and media. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks ...
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21.03.2023
ABTTF President: “The fight against racism and racial discrimination is of urgent importance, and steps should be taken in this regard, not in words but in substance. Indeed, as we always say it, while our country’s rulers are trying to create another reality to cover up the systematic discrimination our community has been subjected to ...
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...
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...
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