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According to the EU Justice Scoreboard, Greece ranks last in terms of length of judicial proceedings!
03.07.2025
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are first-hand witnesses to how badly justice is administered in our country. Following the dissolution of the Xanthi Turkish Union, the domestic legal process took 22 years. The European Court of Human Rights judgments in the group of case known as Bekir-Ousta and Others have n...
Reaction to Türkiye’s statement on the ECtHR judgment on the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Prefecture of Xanthi
02.07.2025
ABTTF President: “As we have always said, it is only natural for Türkiye, as the motherland, to make a statement. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is doing the same for Greeks living in the diaspora. There is a page on the Ministry’s website dedicated to Greeks in the diaspora. Not only our country’s leaders, but also other po...
The European Commission answered to the question for written answer on the stigmatisation of civil society groups in Greece
27.06.2025
The European Commission (EC) answered to a question for written answer titled ‘‘Stigmatisation of civil society groups in Greece’’ submitted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Bulgaria, Renew Europe) on 15 March 2025. The response, sent on 26 June 2025 by Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Ru...
Our motherland’s support for the Turkish community in Western Thrace has once again caused unease in our country
24.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Just as our country protects the rights of the Greek minority in neighbouring Albania at both European and international levels, our motherland is doing the same for our community, protecting us and standing up for us.” Chair of the PASOK- KINAL Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee Dimitris Mantzos responded to t...
The ECtHR once again condemns Greece for violating the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
24.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Our country, which has tried every means possible to avoid executing the previous three judgments of the ECtHR concerning our associations, and which has buried its head in the sand for over 17 years, disregarding international law, now has no excuse left. We call on our country to execute all the judgments of the ECtHR conc...
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report
20.06.2025
The European Parliament (EP), in a motion for a resolution adopted on 18 June 2025, emphasised the need for independent and effective judicial systems with highly qualified personnel, condemning interference in corruption investigations and the misuse of judicial systems for political ends in the Member States. The resolution, which was adopted ...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has requested Greece to execute the ECtHR judgments concerning the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases
13.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Our country should execute the ECtHR judgments concerning our associations without further delay. If this does not happen, it will once again be confirmed that our country has no intention of executing the three relevant judgments and that it is politicising the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases’’. At its ...
Enrolment has begun for the Xanthi Turkish Minority Middle and High School
11.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Our autonomous and private schools are the future of our community, and it is vital that our children attend Turkish schools in order to preserve and perpetuate our ethnic Turkish identity, our mother tongue Turkish, and our culture. With this awareness, we are calling on the parents of students graduating from primary schoo...
SYRIZA pledges for democratic reforms for the Turkish community in Western Thrace
10.06.2025
ABTTF President: “SYRIZA, which came to power in 2015 with the slogan ‘‘Change’’, failed to fulfil its commitments to our community during its four and a half years in power. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we expect both SYRIZA and all other political parties in our country to take concrete steps towards r...
Our country, which protects the Greek minority in Albania, continues to deny the Turkish community in Western Thrace!
05.06.2025
ABTTF President: “Greece, which has been a member of the EU since 1981 and defines itself as the cradle of democracy, is not content with denying the ethnic Turkish identity of our Turkish community in Western Thrace; it is dissolving our associations and restricting our freedoms. Greece must urgently recognise the Turkish community in Wester...
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