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Human rights cases against Greece before the ECtHR will be discussed in the third part of the online programme series entitled “Facts about Our Country”
25.01.2022
The third programme will be broadcast on Thursday 27 January 2022 in the online programme series entitled “Facts about Our Country” realised by the Turkish of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) on the Zoom platform. The guest of the third programme, which will be broadcast live simultaneously on ABTTF’s YouTube channel and ...
An attack was perpetrated to a masjid in Athens with an improvised explosive device
24.01.2022
ABTTF President: ‘This attack, which targeted the Muslim community of about 500,000 people in Athens, poses a clear threat to social peace and tranquillity. The authorities of our country should conduct the investigation with great care, identify the perpetrators and punish them before the judiciary as they deserve. This is our clear demand f...
On the one hand, the Turkish community in Western Thrace, whose rights are constantly being seized, and on the other hand, the Greek Orthodox minority, which freely enjoys religious freedom
20.01.2022
ABTTF President: “Considering our country’s continued violation and seizure of the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we demand our motherland to freeze its tolerant practices towards the Greek Orthodox minority, which we hope our country will follow as an example in accordance with the principle of reciproc...
Those who rule Greece continue to ignore the rights abuses suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace for years
17.01.2022
ABTTF President: “While our country has hijacked our educational autonomy with unilateral policies and practices over the years, closed our primary schools one by one every year on grounds of lack of students and ignored our request for bilingual minority kindergartens, our motherland has opened schools even for only four students in Imbros (...
ABTTF’s programme entitled “Facts about Our Country” focused on the 39-year legal struggle of the Xanthi Turkish Union
14.01.2022
The second programme of the online programme series entitled “Facts about our Country” organised on the Zoom platform by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) was realised on 13 January 2022. The second guest of the programme, which was broadcast live simultaneously on ABTTF’s YouTube channel and Facebo...
Petition requesting bilingual minority kindergartens of the Turkish community in Western Thrace discussed at the EP Committee on Petitions
11.01.2022
A petition regarding the lack of bilingual minority kindergartens in Western Thrace to provide education in Turkish and Greek (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/content/0058%252F2019/html/Petition-No-0058%252F2019-by-Ozan-Ahmeto%25C4%259Flu-%2528Greek%2529-on-teaching-Turkish-in-pre-school-education-to-children-belonging-to-the-T...
The online programme series entitled “Facts about Our Country” will discuss the 39-year legal struggle of the Xanthi Turkish Union
10.01.2022
The second programme of the online programme series entitled “Facts about Our Country” realised by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) will be broadcast on Thursday, 13 January 2022 on the Zoom platform. The second guest of the programme which will be broadcast live simultaneously on ABTTF’s YouTube channel...
We condemn the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in Iserlohn, Germany!
05.01.2022
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest possible way the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in the city of Iserlohn, and we demand that the perpetrators be caught and brought to justice as soon as possible and given the punishment they deserve.” On the night of 1 January 2022, an attack was carried out on the Muslim cemet...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
24.12.2021
Action against rights violations and unlawful practices in the field of education from the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.12.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country, Greece, must now listen to the just demands we have made for years so that our children can have a better education, and establish a long-lasting dialogue with our community based on good faith to solve the issues.” The Turkish community in Western Thrace organised an action to draw attention to the iss...
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