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The vast majority of the Greek people do not trust the national parliament or the government
09.01.2026
ABTTF President: “The fact that four-fifths of the public do not trust the legislature and the executive branch is a very serious warning to the political establishment in our country, particularly the government. The successive legal and corruption scandals have naturally led to this outcome. The government must take the public’s conce...
We condemn in the strongest terms the despicable attack on the Turkish primary school in the village of Aratos (Karacaoğlan)!
05.01.2026
The Turkish primary school in the village of Aratos (Karacaoğlan), which is part of the Municipality of Arriana (Kozlukebir) in the Western Thrace region of Greece, was attacked by unidentified individuals. According to the information obtained, the entrance door of the primary school, which was closed by the Greek authorities in the 2021-2022 s...
Two ministers in the cabinet make scandalous statements about international law
29.12.2025
ABTTF President: “If international law is disregarded and replaced by a legal order shaped by the ruling power, all segments of the country will be negatively affected, especially vulnerable groups. We have seen this before, and we are experiencing it now. The fundamental reason behind the 18-year non-execution of the ECtHR judgments in the B...
MEP Arvanitis highlighted the serious deterioration in the rule of law in Greece
23.12.2025
ABTTF President: “Our country has failed to execute three judgments issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding our associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases for almost 18 years. The Court of Cassation (Arios Pagos), our country’s highest judicial body, which rejected the appeals of our three associati...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis: The protection of the rights of the Greek national minority in Albania is a priority issue for Greece
17.12.2025
ABTTF President: “Whenever our motherland, Türkiye, expresses the same demand for the rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, our country’s rulers and media portray it as an interference in its internal affairs, a defiance from our motherland. We witnessed this once again in the reactions from our country to the statemen...
ABTTF President Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels
10.12.2025
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 9 December 2025. Habip Oğlu, accompanied by Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office, paid his last working visit of the year to Members of the European Parliament (EP), i...
The 25th anniversary of the adoption of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights comes amid concerns over a serious decline in the rule of law in Greece
09.12.2025
ABTTF President: “In Greece, one of the EU’s founding members and a country that constantly claims to be the cradle of democracy, the principle of the rule of law, one of the EU’s most fundamental values, is literally being trampled underfoot. The failure to execute the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning th...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe criticised Greece for persistently failing to execute the European Court of Human Rights judgments concerning the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases
05.12.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘Our country, which is once again playing for time, has gained more time with this latest decision by the Committee of Ministers. However, the reality is that the aggrievement of our associations has continued for nearly 18 years, and our community’s freedom of association has been violated’’. At i...
Written statement from ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
04.12.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted a written statement to the 59th regular session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council titled ‘‘Interference with the Freedom of Expression of NGOs and Continuing Violation of the Freedom of Association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece’...
ABTTF participated in the 3rd thematic meeting of the FUEN Women of Minorities Project
03.12.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 3rd thematic meeting of the ‘‘Women of Minorities’’ project of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which it is a full member, held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on 1-3 December 2025. ABTTF International Relations Directo...
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