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Will the approach of Greece, which has come to the aid of Türkiye, change as regards the Turkish community in Western Thrace?
01.03.2023
ABTTF President: “I hope that our country will show the well-intentioned and human-centered approach it has shown in the earthquakes in Türkiye towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace which constitute its own citizens. We want our country to abandon its attitude that perceives us as a threat to the integrity and public order of t...
MeRA25 introduced the party programme on the minority policy towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace with a Turkish brochure
27.02.2023
ABTTF President: “The problems of our community and our rightful demands for the solution of our issues have been taken into account with such clear expressions for the first time by a political party represented in the national assembly. I hope the rulers of our country will get the necessary messages from this exemplary step of MeRA25.&rdqu...
Happy International Mother Language Day!
21.02.2023
ABTTF President: “Despite UNESCO recommending that children be educated in their mother tongue and emphasising the importance of multilingual education, our country Greece continues to ignore our demand for bilingual minority kindergartens that will provide education in Turkish and Greek.” The United Nations (UN) Educational, Scienti...
Hearing of the claim for damages filed by ABTTF against newsbreak.gr news site
16.02.2023
The hearing of the claim for damages filed by ABTTF against newsbreak.gr, which made defamatory and fake news about the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), was held in Athens on 16 February 2023. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu was present with ABTTF’s lawyer at the hearing which was held at the Court of First Instance w...
Western Thrace Fenerbahçe Association, which organised a charity campaign, was targeted
15.02.2023
ABTTF President: “While our country, with all its citizens, institutions, and professional chambers is standing with our motherland in these difficult days and sharing its pain and that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of our country personally visited the earthquake zone and declared that our country will continue to do its best to overcome t...
Former president of our country Pavlopoulos once again ignored the problems of our community
14.02.2023
ABTTF President: “Former and current rulers of our country should be sincere and constructive in solving the issues of our community and should avoid populist rhetoric that does not benefit anyone.” Speaking at the conference titled ‘‘The 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne (1923-2023) and religious minorit...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Brussels
07.02.2023
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habipoğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union (EU), on 7 February 2023. Accompanied by Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office, ABTTF President held meetings with Member of the European Parliament from the Hungarian minority in Ro...
Statement by SYRIZA Deputy Katrougalos on the right of members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace to define themselves
01.02.2023
ABTTF President: “I call on Katrougalos, as the SYRIZA Party, to make an effort to put the signboards of our three closed associations back in place if they win the elections and come to power, and put their rhetoric into action.” Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the main opposition party in our country Greece, Coalition ...
Habip Oğlu met with the PACE President
25.01.2023
During the working visit held in parallel to the PACE Winter Session, ABTTF met with the PACE President Tiny Kox. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg in parallel to the Ordinary Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). During the working visit ...
Bakoyannis: “A concrete and long-term plan is being implemented that will change the production model of the region for the better”
23.01.2023
ABTTF President: “We demand that Turkish manufacturers and enterprises in our region be taken into account and not excluded, without discrimination, in the implementation of the long-term plan for the economic development of Western Thrace. Only then can a total economic development be achieved in our region.” In a statement, Chairma...
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