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The Turkish community in Western Thrace demands that its freedom of association is respected
13.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Starting in 1983, in line with the policy of denial by our country of the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, first the Xanthi Turkish Union and then one by one our associations bearing the word ‘Turkish’ were closed down. We ask our country to comply with its obligations arising from int...
Greece’s Court of Cassation again rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Union for the reinstatement of its legal status!
02.07.2021
ABTTF President: “The Court of Cassation’s decision on the Xanthi Turkish Union which has been struggling for justice for 38 years showed once again that our country Greece disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law.” Greece’s Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Unio...
ABTTF attended FRA’s online meeting on disinformation and human rights
30.06.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the online meeting entitled “How to tackle disinformation? Communicating human rights in the digital age” organised by the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 28-29 June 2021. Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office participated in the event ...
Greek authorities reject the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for mosques and cemeteries!
25.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Reminding our country Greece of its obligations in the field of freedom of religion and worship, we invite the Greek authorities to immediately respond positively to the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for a mosque and cemetery.” The Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki, the second...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 2nd thematic seminar
24.06.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party explained the rights violations suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its current problems. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the ...
Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete is sentenced to 15 months in prison
18.06.2021
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF representing the Western Thrace Turks living in Europe, we condemn in the strongest terms this unjust prison sentence decision given by the court against our esteemed mufti Ahmet Mete, and call on our country to immediately cease its oppressive practices against our muftis and respect our religious freedom.” ...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe strongly warned Greece with interim resolution
10.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country must immediately end its policy of denial against us and, as the Committee of Ministers has emphasised it, take a concrete step towards the execution of ECtHR judgments concerning our associations, proving that it fully respects the principles of democracy and the rule of law.” The Committee of Ministers...
Greece disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law by denying the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
04.06.2021
ABTTF President: “The article of Stylianidis in Estia is actually a summary of the overview of state and representative governments and politics regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece. This mentality is the obstacle with respect to the denial of the status and rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and not exec...
MEP Kefalogiannis sent a letter of complaint to the EP President about the webinar organised by ABTTF
03.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Due to this mentality that disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law, our associations with the word Turkish in their names are dissolved and new ones are not registered” European Parliament MEP Manolis K. Kefalogiannis (EPP-Christian Democrats) sent a letter to EP President David Sassoli on 1 June ...
Greece’s failure to execute the ECtHR judgments on Western Thrace Turkish associations was discussed at an online panel organised by ABTTF
02.06.2021
It was noted during the event that the fact that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments regarding the Xanthi Turkish Union which was closed, and the Cultural Association of Turkish Women of the Rodopi Province and the Evros Prefecture Minority Youth Association which were not registered by the national courts, have not been executed b...
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