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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 warned once again Greece!
12.03.2021
ABTTF President: ‘As confirmed by the Committee of Ministers, our country must now stop playing for time, it should fully and urgently execute the ECtHR judgments regarding our associations in accordance with its obligations arising from the European Convention on Human Rights to which it is a party’. The Committee of Ministers of th...
The European Commission will not take a step regarding the legislative proposals in the “Minority SafePack” European Citizens’ Initiative
22.01.2021
ABTTF President: “The decision taken by the European Commission led to a great disappointment among the national and linguistic minorities living in Europe and a historic opportunity has been lost in creating a minority protection mechanism at EU level.” The European Commission announced on 14 January 2021 that it would not take any ...
The European Commission published its “Rule of Law” report
06.10.2020
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF, we will carry out lobbying activities at the European Commission and the European Parliament to influence the content of this report prepared by the European Commission.” The European Commission published its 2020 Annual Report which analyses the situation of the rule of law in the 27 European Union ...
EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency’s 2020 Fundamental Rights Report released
15.06.2020
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union (EU) published its 2020 Fundamental Rights Report on 11 June 2020. The report assesses major developments and ongoing obstacles to the protection of human rights in 2019 in EU Member States and EU candidate countries North Macedonia and Serbia. This year’s report focuses on ho...
Nasty attack on a mosque in Germany!
19.05.2020
As ABTTF, we strongly condemn this racist and Islamophobic attack on the DITIB Fatih Mosque and demand the perpetrators to be captured as soon as possible and brought to justice. A mosque in the vicinity of Stuttgart in Germany was attacked. Two unidentified persons left hanging a pig’s head at the door of Fatih Mosque of the Turkish...
Signatures collected for the Minority Safepack Initiative are registered online at the European Commission
15.01.2020
The signatures of support collected for the European Citizens' Initiative titled “Minority SafePack Initiative (MSPI)” of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is a member, were registered to the European Commission’s online system on 10 January 20...
Warning from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: The judgments of the ECtHR on Bekir-Ousta group of cases have not been implemented for 11 years
26.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu, President of ABTTF: “Neither the judiciary nor the executive is keen for the implementation of the judgements of the ECtHR” The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe discussed the Bekir-Ousta group of cases regarding the associations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in its meeting held ...
PACE adopted the resolution on the rights of persons belonging to national minorities
30.01.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, while we got actively involved in the preparation phase of the report and prior to the voting of the report at PACE, we articulated our views and comments during the meetings we had with the rapporteur Badea” The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on 24 Ja...
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