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ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
24.06.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF expressed the problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of expression, media and freedom of information. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended this year’s second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on ‘Freedom of Expression, Media and Inform...
EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency’s 2020 Fundamental Rights Report released
15.06.2020
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union (EU) published its 2020 Fundamental Rights Report on 11 June 2020. The report assesses major developments and ongoing obstacles to the protection of human rights in 2019 in EU Member States and EU candidate countries North Macedonia and Serbia. This year’s report focuses on ho...
U.S. 2019 International Religious Freedom Report released
12.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘As every year, we will prepare a report parallel to the U.S. report on Greece and convey the views of our community to the U.S. authorities with respect to our problems which have been described superficially, incompletely or incorrectly in the report’. The 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom of th...
ABTTF attended to the webinar on COVID-19 and Minorities
10.06.2020
ABTTF participates online meetings and expresses the difficulties faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace during the pandemic The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the webinar series on ‘Minorities and COVID-19’ organised by Bolzano, Italy- based EURAC Research, the Institute for Minority R...
In Greece, which holds the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Turkish community in Western Thrace has been facing discrimination for decades!
05.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece which constantly prides itself in being the ‘cradle of democracy’ to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the Western Thrace Turkish associations and to fully respect the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” Greece took...
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was in Western Thrace
01.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We, Turks were ignored during the visit of the President!’ Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid an official visit to Western Thrace on 28-30 May. Sakellaropoulou which began her visit on Thursday 28 May in Xanthi, went to Komotini on Friday and visited her hometown Stavroupoli (Yeniköy) on Saturday. W...
Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the application of the Western Thrace Turkish associations!
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to stop its stalling tactics and to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” The Court of Appeal of Thrace rejected the applications for recognition by the Cultural Association of Turkish Wom...
Condemnation by Medrese-i Hayriye Councillors’ Delegation addressed to the appointed Komotini Foundations’ Administration
29.05.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The appointed Foundations’ Administration must immediately cease to perceive Medrese-i-Hayriye as its backyard.’’ In its statement to the public, the Medrese-i-Hayriye Foundation Minority High School which belongs to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and is located in the city of Komotini, condemn...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
27.05.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF raised examples of discrimination and intolerance against the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 25-26 May 2020 the online Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on behalf of the Tu...
Map of less-favoured areas where EU rural development funds are used updated!
20.05.2020
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: “Turkish villages have been shown as dynamic whereas Greek villages next to Turkish villages have been shown as less-favoured. The assistance which has been granted for years according to this list has been unequal and discriminatory and the Turkish community in Western Thrace has faced economic damage as a r...
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