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Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN Office at Geneva responds to ABTTF
27.04.2021
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest terms the inappropriate and defaming wording used by our country’s permanent mission aimed at slandering ABTTF. As ABTTF, we would like it to be understood that within the framework of the rules of law and democracy, we will continue to speak the truth about the Turkish community in Western ...
The elections for the school boards in the schools of the Turkish community in Western Thrace have been postponed again
21.04.2021
ABTTF President: “We call on the authorities of our country to respond to our requests regarding the school board elections in our schools and to immediately end the deadlock approach that it insists on.” The elections for the school boards in the schools with autonomous status belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace hav...
Rodopi MP Haritou alleged that Turkey is instrumentalising the issue of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
21.04.2021
ABTTF President: “Just as our country indicates the demands of the Greek Orthodox minority in our motherland, our motherland, which is signatory to the Treaty of Lausanne raises the problems we are experiencing. There is nothing wrong with that or to be afraid of it.” In a statement he delivered with respect to the meeting between th...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Dendias once again denied the ethnic Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
16.04.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country, which claims to be the cradle of democracy, disregards the most basic human rights by forbidding us to define ourselves as ‘Turks’. The policy of denial of our identity by the rulers of our country will never change the fact that we are Turks.” The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace expects its demands regarding the elections for school boards to be met
14.04.2021
ABTTF President: “We support the demand of the Union of School Boards of the Western Thrace Minority Schools and want the mandates of the school boards in our schools to be extended until the end of this year if the elections cannot be held due to the pandemic conditions.” The Turkish community in Western Thrace continues to re...
Stylianidis: “(Western) Thrace is an example of an open and democratic society model and Greece fully respects human and minority rights”
09.04.2021
ABTTF President: ”Stylianidis again denied our Turkish identity and accused us of Turkish nationalism. The fact that the FEP Party, the political party of the Turkish community, won the most votes in the EP elections in 2014 and 2019 in the Western Thrace provinces of Rodopi and Xanthi is telling a lot.” The New Democracy Party (ND) ...
A warning letter from ABTTF in face of strong accusations against ABTTF!
06.04.2021
Following an interview by MP Evripidis Stylianidis on 27 February 2021 where he made strong accusations against ABTTF, ABTTF sent a warning letter to Stylianidis and three press and media organisations who had published Stylianidis’ accusations. As a result of an interview given by New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylia...
Greece 2020 Human Rights Report by U.S. Department of State released
02.04.2021
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘These last two years, the issues pertaining to Western Thrace Turks are even less mentioned within the U.S. report. It is difficult to say that the report portrays a stance and style that is friendly of the Minority, we are seeing that the expressions and words used regarding the Western Thrace Turks in the report generally...
ABTTF Parallel Report regarding the “Report on Incidents Against Places of Religious Importance in Greece” by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
01.04.2021
ABTTF President: ‘We want to have a direct dialogue with the rulers of our country with the parallel report in which we detail our problems related to our religious autonomy’. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report with the aim of responding to the issues pertaining to the Turkish co...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 1st thematic seminar
26.03.2021
Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party representatives explained the current developments and issues experienced in lately by the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendshi...
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