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Will the current positive climate in relations between Türkiye and Greece reflect to the Turkish community in Western Thrace?
21.09.2023
ABTTF President: “We expect the same good will and intent from our country in solving the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and we demand that our country’s rulers act sincerely and establish a direct dialogue with us to solve our issues’’. The President of our motherland, the Republic of Türki...
Protest action against the imposition of shift teaching at Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School!
18.09.2023
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF, we fully support the protest action of our students and parents against this decision of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Xanthi, which is completely devoid of good will, and we demand that the authorities urgently take steps to eliminate the grievances of our children by providing a new building for the X...
Statement from our country’s former President Pavlopoulos that distorts the facts again
13.09.2023
ABTTF President: “While our autonomous primary schools in Western Thrace are closed one by one and their numbers are decreasing every year, in our motherland, only in Gökçeada, 4 primary schools for children belonging to the Greek Orthodox minority were opened in 2013, and a secondary school and high school were opened in 2015.&rd...
The 67th FUEN Congress was held in Hungary
11.09.2023
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, attended the 67th Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) on 7-10 September 2023. ABTTF President and FUEN Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) Spokesman Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Vice President ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis: “Members of minorities in Greece enjoy equal rights’’
06.09.2023
ABTTF President: “The statement of our country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gerapetritis, that the members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace enjoy equal rights, is inconsistent with the facts. Despite all the warnings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, our country, which has closed our associations with t...
We condemn the heinous attack on the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy)
04.09.2023
On Sunday, 3 September 2023, the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy) in the prefecture of Rodopi in Western Thrace was attacked by an unidentified person or persons, and twenty gravestones were destroyed in the attack. Police launched an investigation into the attack. As the Presidium of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europ...
Answer from the European Commission to the question for written answer on hate speech against the Turkish community in Western Thrace
23.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Due to the Commission’s lack of competence, the issue of national minorities has been left to EU Member States, but as we all know, our country Greece is one of the countries with the worst record as regards minority rights in the EU. However, since there is no general protection and control mechanism for the protectio...
We send our best wishes of recovery to our region Western Thrace!
22.08.2023
Our region had a very difficult night as the fire in Mishos (Çepelli) lasted as far as Iasmos (Yassıköy). In our country Greece, which struggled with the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August, the fire that started in Mishos (Çepelli) in the prefecture of Rodopi on Monday, 21 August, spread to Polianthos...
Wildfires in Alexandroupoli, we wish a speedy recovery to our region!
21.08.2023
Due to the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August 2023, the forest in the south of Evros was destroyed and many buildings were damaged. A state of emergency was declared in the region due to the fire, and villages were evacuated for security reasons. The smoke also reached Komotini and Xanthi. The fire damaged agricultura...
BTTDD Chair Hasan Küçük was not allowed to enter Greece
16.08.2023
ABTTF President: “A person’s freedom of travel cannot be obstructed; this right is a human right. However, this is not the first time, we have witnessed many times in the past that our friends representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace were not allowed to enter Greece. Today we see that nothing has changed. The ban on entry in...
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