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The Western Thrace Turkish Delegation attended the European-Central Asian Regional Forum on Minority Issues
04.05.2022
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of the representatives of ABTTF and WTMUGA explained about the legal obstacles to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in its presentations at the meeting. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA), represen...
ABTTF reported attacks targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Islamophobic hate attacks and hate speech to the OSCE
02.05.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) forwarded to the OSCE its written contribution to the 2021 Hate Crimes Report of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which includes the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Islamophobic hate-base...
The Macedonian minority in Greece and its issues were discussed within the framework of the “Facts about our Country” programme
29.04.2022
The eighth part of the online programme series titled “Facts about our Country” of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was broadcast on 28 April 2022. The guest of the eighth programme was Pavlos Voskopoulos Filipov, member of the Presidium of “EFA-Rainbow” which is the political party of the Macedoni...
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2021 Human Rights Report
26.04.2022
In its parallel report, ABTTF detailed the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the violations of its rights that it is being subjected to. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a report in parallel to the Greece 2021 Human Rights Report published by the Department of State of the United States ...
The US 2021 Human Rights Report on Greece released
18.04.2022
ABTTF President: ‘It is very disappointing that this year’s report has removed the heading on national/racial/ethnic minority groups and includes the issues of the Western Thrace Turks in only a few sentences as regards the fields of education, freedom of association and the religious authority of the Muftis’. The United ...
Letter from ABTTF on the final report of the Commission for the Development of Thrace
08.04.2022
ABTTF sent a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Thrace, the political parties in Parliament, the relevant ministries and the Governor of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, criticising the report, which contained limited and vague statements on how to solve issues related to the Minority, and...
ABTTF attended the EP Minorities Intergroup meeting
07.04.2022
In its presentation at the meeting, ABTTF expressed the issues experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of education. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated on 7 April 2022 in the meeting of the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages in the European Parl...
Statements that distort the facts about the education issue of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
07.04.2022
ABTTF President: “Our young people from the Turkish community in Western Thrace have been forced to take additional private courses in primary and secondary education in order to succeed as a result of the state’s continuous interference with our educational autonomy for decades and the quality of minority education. Therefore, no one s...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
29.03.2022
At the meeting, ABTTF indicated the structural and systematic discrimination in Greece with notably hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace, especially in politics and media. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Supplementary...
The ECtHR judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases are still pending to be executed in their 14th anniversary
28.03.2022
ABTTF President: “We know that the ECtHR judgments are not executed for political reasons, not legal ones. We now demand that the Committee of Ministers initiate the infringement procedure against Greece in June 2022 as a result of the examination.” The judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding the closure of ...
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