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ABTTF attended the 11th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG
02.06.2025
Seventeen Turkic organisations from ten different European countries participated in the meeting hosted by the Turkish community in Bulgaria. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the 11th Annual Meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis: Europe must uphold human rights and the rule of law
27.05.2025
ABTTF President: “As a member of the Council of Europe, is our country disregarding the rule of law by failing to execute the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning our civil society organisations for the past 17 years, thereby failing to fulfil its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights? Our country mus...
ABTTF raised the issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace at an event in the European Parliament
21.05.2025
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) delivered a presentation at the event titled ‘‘Name, Identity and Memory: 40 Years Since the Final Stage of the Change of Muslim-Turkish Names in Bulgaria’’ hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Turkish minority in Bulgaria Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew Eu...
ABTTF President paid a working visit to Brussels
21.05.2025
President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks of Europe (ABTTF) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 21 May 2025. During his working visit, accompanied by ABTTF International Relations Director Melek Kırmacı and Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office, Habip Oğlu met with Me...
Criticism of Greece’s rule of law at European Parliament event
20.05.2025
ABTTF President: “The lawlessness and systematic violation of the rule of law in our country are not limited to the events that followed the train accident in Tempi. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we have been waiting for the past 17 years for the execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgments regarding the Bekir-Ousta...
International organisations harshly criticise Greece on human rights and the rule of law
13.05.2025
ABTTF President: “As emphasised in the reports in question, following the legal scandals that have taken place in our country in recent years, the vast majority of citizens no longer trust either the government or the judiciary. As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we too have lost all trust in our country’s judiciary. How could ...
The hearing of the claim for damages we filed against the news website Newsbreak.gr was held in Athens
08.05.2025
The trial of the claim for damages filed by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) against the news site newsbreak.gr, which published defamatory and false news about ABTTF, was held on Thursday, 8 May 2025, in Athens. The hearing took place at the Court of First Instance with several judges in Athens, with ABTTF President Hali...
Threats against human rights defenders were discussed at OSCE
06.05.2025
ABTTF indicated that individuals and institutions representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace have been subjected to stigmatisation, targeting and hate speech, and that associations have dissolved or not registered because their names contain the words ‘‘Turkish’’ or ‘‘Western Thrace’’, there...
Special meeting with ELEN on educational issues facing the Turkish community in Western Thrace
05.05.2025
ELEN: The issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece, in education today and its current general situation cannot belong to the 21st century; they are outdated and anti-democratic! Within the scope of the fact-finding mission organised by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) with the participation of th...
ABTTF organised a fact-finding mission to Western Thrace with the participation of the European Language Equality Network
02.05.2025
ELEN observed first-hand the issues faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace, particularly in relation to freedom of association and education, as well as the human rights violations they have been subjected to. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organised a fact-finding misison to Western Thrace this year with the ...
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