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Attack against an association founded by the Western Thrace Turks who live in the province of Imathia, Greece!
01.10.2020
As ABTTF, we condemn in the strongest terms the abominable attack against the Imathia (Veria) Province Muslim Education, Culture and Sport Association, and call for the perpetrators to be immediately identified and brought to justice. An association, which was founded by Turks who emigrated from Western Thrace to Imathia, was attacked on 2...
President of the Commission for the Development of Thrace Bakoyannis visited Western Thrace
28.09.2020
ABTTF President: “We do hope and wish that our demands for the solution of our problems will be taken into consideration by the Commission for the Development of Thrace and that this visit will contribute for the Greek government to establish a solution-oriented and sincere dialogue mechanism with the Turkish community in Western Thrace.&rdqu...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the European Regional Forum on Minority Issues
22.09.2020
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of representatives from ABTTF and WTMUGA explained in their presentations hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA), representing the Turkish ...
We strongly condemn the abusive insult that was made to the president of our motherland!
18.09.2020
ABTTF President: “We call on the competent authorities of our country to immediately take the necessary steps by showing the same sensitivity in preventing hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace which has notably increased lately.” “Dimokratia” newspaper, which is published nation-wide in our ...
Turkish journalists and Western Thrace Turks were targeted again in Greece
11.09.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We call upon our country Greece to take all the necessary measures in order to ensure the safety of the Turkish journalists working in the country as well as the members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to urgently stop its discriminatory policy towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace’. T...
Building shortage problem at Xanthi Minority Secondary and High School still waiting to be resolved
09.09.2020
ABTTF President: “We call on the Greek authorities to stop ignoring the requests of the board of the Xanthi Minority Secondary and High School and to immediately take the necessary steps for a new building which would be of sufficient capacity for the number of pupils of the school.” The issue of insufficient building and class...
EU urges Greece to comply with the law on migrants
04.09.2020
ABTTF President: “We as Western Thrace Turks who have been subjected to systematic discrimination for years by our country Greece which prides itself of being the cradle of democracy have been waiting for over 12 years for the implementation by Greece of the ECtHR judgments.” At the daily press conference on 3 September 2020, t...
Another warning to Greece from the Committee of Ministers on the Bekir -Ousta group of cases!
04.09.2020
ABTTF President: ‘The truth is that the rulers of our country and the judiciary do not want to implement the ECtHR judgments. Indeed, when the ECtHR judgments were implemented, our country would not be able to further deny the existence of the Turkish community’. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe examined the ...
The Mayor of Myki (Mustafçova) was targeted by the Greek press!
26.08.2020
ABTTF President: “We strongly condemn the deliberate targeting of our mayor with unfounded and false news, and we want the provocative propaganda aimed at putting pressure on representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace in our country Greece to end at once.” The Mayor of Myki (Mustafçova) Rıdvan Delihü...
Athens-based EPLO organised a webinar on minorities under the Treaty of Lausanne
26.08.2020
At the webinar attended by representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, former President Pavlopoulos said that Greece has always acted in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne and international law. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the seminar titled ‘Aspects of the status of Minorities unde...
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