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ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Conference
29.09.2022
At the conference, ABTTF raised the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its increasing targeting in politics and media. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, participated in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dime...
ECRI published its 6th report on Greece
26.09.2022
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe published its 6th country report on Greece on 22 September 2022. ECRI’s 6th Country report, prepared after its visit to Greece in November 2021, includes developments in Greece up to March 2022. The report examines Greece under the three common pillars a...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias denied the facts once again
22.09.2022
ABTTF President: “Although Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias claims that our country respects the rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, our country, which has not executed the European Court of Human Rights judgment with respect to the Xanthi Turkish Union for the past 14 years, which was banned because of the word ‘Turki...
Statement by the former Greek President on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.09.2022
ABTTF President: “Our former President still continues to make statements which stipulate that our country fully respects international law as regards the freedom of association. Unfortunately, the policies and practices of our country towards the right of the Turkish community in Western Thrace to exercise its freedom of association are in n...
Xanthi Deputy Hüseyin Zeybek was threatened with death on live television
16.09.2022
ABTTF President: “As the representative of Western Thrace Turks living in Europe and as ABTTF, we strongly condemn the public death threat of our deputy Hüseyin Zeybek. This grave incident has taken place in our country as a result of the increasing hate speech against the Turkish community in Western Thrace in politics and media and the...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Brussels
15.09.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to the capital of the European Union (EU) Brussels on 15 September 2022. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, accompanied by Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office, met with European Free Alliance (EFA) President Lorena López de Lacalle as part of the worki...
Libération: Democracy is eroding in Greece
14.09.2022
ABTTF President: “If academia, intelligentsia and civil society in our country have become reluctant to convey the facts in our country, we need to question the state of democracy in our country. Although there was a restoration of democracy in 1974 following the Colonels’ Junta in 1967, democracy was suspended for the Turkish community...
Deutsche Welle: Greece may have lied in the asylum crisis on the islet in the Evros River
13.09.2022
ABTTF President: “When we look at the events in Evros and the pushbacks in the Aegean Sea, the view that our country’s attitude towards asylum seekers is disregarding international law and its inhumane practices are the result of a conscious policy is getting stronger. Our country should get rid of the mentality of conducting policies b...
The wiretapping scandal which shook our country is getting deeper
12.09.2022
ABTTF President: “The scandal, which emerged when politicians and journalists belonging to opposition parties along with well-known names in the public opinion were illegally wiretapped, exposed the power of the deep state in our country in a way that is indisputable.” The scandal that broke out in our country Greece when the Nationa...
Western Thrace Turks elected the new mufti in Xanthi
09.09.2022
As ABTTF, we sincerely congratulate Mustafa Trampa, who has been elected as the new mufti of Xanthi and wish him outstanding success in this important duty that we believe he will fulfil properly, and we offer him our support. The Turkish community in Western Thrace held elections during Friday prayers on 9 September 2022, using its treaty right...
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