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The vast majority of the population in Greece believes that the rule of law is not respected
25.08.2026
ABTTF President: “The fact that the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases concerning the associations of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace have been disregarded by the Court of Cassation—our country’s highest court—and that these judgments have not been exec...
Greece’s human rights record is deteriorating!
21.08.2026
ABTTF President: “The problems in the fields of human rights and the rule of law in Greece have become structural in nature. As Western Thrace Turks, we have been directly experiencing for years the practices and consequences of the state’s approach, which is characterized by institutionalized and structural discrimination. Our country,...
Greece ranks among EU countries with the lowest public spending on education
20.08.2026
ABTTF President: „Unfortunately, our country Greece is among the countries that do not prioritize education in the distribution of public resources. Naturally, this situation affects efforts to improve school infrastructure and provide teachers with better working conditions. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace...
Restoration work on the historic Çelebi Sultan Mehmet (Beyazıt) Mosque in Didymoteicho is nearing completion
14.08.2026
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF, we have, from the very beginning, drawn attention to the delays in the restoration of the mosque following the fire before the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and in 2022—five years after the 2017 fire—we called on our country to ensure that the restoration work, which had begun that year, be ...
Written opinion from ABTTF on the 2025 Annual Report of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights
11.08.2026
ABTTF President: “Through the written opinion we prepared regarding the GNCHR’s 2025 annual report, we aimed to highlight the problems faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the human rights violations to which they are subjected, which were not addressed in the report.” The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in E...
The GNCHR highlighted the structural issues affecting the rule of law in Greece
05.08.2026
ABTTF President: “As directly referenced in the reports of the GNCHR and the European Commission, our country, by persistently failing to execute the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments against it, is systematically violating the rule of law. The most striking example of this is undoubtedly the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cas...
A statement from Kosmidou that went beyond her authority
22.07.2026
ABTTF President: “The fact that an education bureaucrat is going beyond education policies to offer assessments on foreign policy, the interpretation of the Treaty of Lausanne, and Türkiye-Greece relations clearly demonstrates that this is a political issue. As we have always said, the real purpose behind the closure of our primary schoo...
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe issues warning to Greece regarding “return hubs”
21.07.2026
ABTTF President: “The Commissioner’s approach demonstrates that the Council of Europe’s mechanisms are concerned not only with actual violations but also with practices that pose a serious risk to human rights. The full execution of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases i...
The European Commission’s 2026 Rule of Law Report has been published
17.07.2026
The Country Chapter on Greece includes the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases regarding the violation of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace’s freedom of association. On 17 July 2026, the European Commission published its 2026 Rule of Law Report, covering the 27 EU Member States as well as potential EU members Albania, Montenegro, No...
Concerns regarding the rule of law in Greece have once again been raised in the European Parliament
15.07.2026
ABTTF President: “It is impossible to effectively protect fundamental rights in an environment where the rule of law is eroding. As the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace, we too have long faced similar structural issues regarding our fundamental rights, such as freedom of association, education, and religious autonomy. It is of great importa...
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