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The Turkish community in Western Thrace is instrumentalised in statements against the expansion of the migrant reception centre in Evros
10.02.2021
ABTTF President: ‘All of these statements which instrumentalise the Turkish community in Western Thrace whom are Greek citizens reflects a mindset which sees us as a threat’. Discussions regarding the expansion of the current migrants and asylum seekers reception centre or the opening of a new reception centre are continuing fo...
Statement from the Green Left Party in Greece regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace
03.02.2021
ABTTF President: “Pursuant to bilateral and international treaties, the Turkish community in Western Thrace is an issue which directly concerns our country and our motherland, and for this reason, our problems must be put on the table during the exploratory talks.” The Thrace Regional Presidency of the Green Left Party which was foun...
Stylianidis: “The Greek Republic has constructed an open democratic model of society in (Western) Thrace”
28.01.2021
ABTTF President: “Stylianidis has pursued his habit of distorting the facts with the statement he made and ignored that the ECtHR has condemned our country Greece for this reason three times for denying our Turkish identity.” The New Democracy (ND) Party Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylianidis alleged that the rights of the Turkish community...
Greece is one of the 10 most problematic countries in implementing the ECtHR judgments!
27.01.2021
Noting that increasing legal and political challenges have hindered the implementation of ECtHR judgments, the PACE report has said that Greece has still as of yet not implemented the ECtHR judgments regarding the associations of the Turkish community in Western Trace under the name of “Bekir-Ousta and Others” group of cases. The Par...
The European Commission will not take a step regarding the legislative proposals in the “Minority SafePack” European Citizens’ Initiative
22.01.2021
ABTTF President: “The decision taken by the European Commission led to a great disappointment among the national and linguistic minorities living in Europe and a historic opportunity has been lost in creating a minority protection mechanism at EU level.” The European Commission announced on 14 January 2021 that it would not take any ...
Foreign Minister Dendias ignored the assimilation and rights violations against the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We call on our country Greece to renounce to turn its back to realities and to recognise our ethnic Turkish identity and to find solutions to our problems through a dialogue with us.” In a speech he made at an online event at the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas event organised by the Association of the Inhabitant...
Hate speech from the leader of the Church of Greece!
18.01.2021
ABTTF President: ‘The hate-based speech with respect to Islam by Archbishop Ieronymos II is an indicator of the environment in which we, as the Muslim Turkish community in Western Thrace, are in our country’. The scandalous statement of the Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos II, leader of the Orthodox Church in our country Greece in the ...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace and its organisations were once again targeted in the Greek press!
15.01.2021
ABTTF President: “We wish this approach which otherises us and sees us as a ‘threat’ in the politics and media of our country to stop.” The news that the Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU) and the Culture and Education Foundation of Western Thrace Minority (PEKEM) had donated tablet computers to pupils in need in the Western Thra...
Deputy Stilyanidis: “I do not wish such a (population) mix in especially Rodopi and Xanthi which have also a minority population”
13.01.2021
ABTTF President: “Stilyanidis once again described the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a threat and danger by pretexting the migration and refugee issue at the Greece-Turkey border.” The New Democracy Party (NDP) Deputy from Rodopi Evripidis Stilyanidis used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the ...
After Komotini, the signboard of the madrasah in Xanthi has also been changed, the word ‘Minority’ is missing in the new signboard!
31.12.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We strongly condemn the interventionist approach and practice of our government and request from it to withdraw this decision which is scandalous’. Following the change of the signboard of Madrasah of Hayriye Foundation Minority Secondary and High School, which is one of the two historical religious schools belongin...
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