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Article about the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Italian cultural magazine “Meridiano 13”
02.06.2023
An article titled ‘‘Living in Western Thrace: A Portrait of the Muslim Turkish Minority in Greece’’ was published in the Italian cultural magazine ‘‘Meridiano 13’’. The article written by Francesco Zema, sports reporter and Director of the Football, Culture and Identity Museum named “CALCI&rd...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace was once again targeted through Turkish and the headscarf!
01.06.2023
ABTTF President: “We will definitely not allow these and similar provocations by extremist circles to disrupt the peace in our region and target our community for their political interests before the upcoming local and regional elections in our country.” In a written statement published on 29 May 2023, the list of ‘‘Spart...
News and statements targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace after the general elections
30.05.2023
ABTTF President: “We constitute the majority of the population in the prefecture of Rodopi, naturally the Turkish candidate gets the most votes. It is quite normal for the Greek candidate to get the second most votes and a candidate from us to get the third most votes. Our community, of its own free will, went to the polls on 21 May and cast ...
4 out of 6 deputies in Rodopi and Xanthi are Turkish
24.05.2023
ABTTF President: “Even if they ignore or turn a deaf ear to our demands, no party has the luxury of ignoring us in our region when the election comes! For this reason, all parties should know that there is no way they can gain success in the region by ignoring us! From now on, I hope everyone acts with awareness of this fact.” Genera...
The 2022 Greece International Religious Freedom Report of the U.S. Department of State was published
22.05.2023
ABTTF President: “In the Greece section of the U.S. 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, the issues faced by our community in the religious field are also covered superficially, as in previous years, and there are statements that mainly support the official view of the Greek state. As ABTTF, we will detail the views and demands of our...
ABTTF written opinion regarding the Greece section of Amnesty International’s annual report
11.05.2023
ABTTF President: “In our written opinion prepared as ABTTF, we conveyed the issues of our community and the discrimination it is exposed to and demanded that the organisation also focus on minority rights in next year’s reports. Indeed, minority rights are an integral part of human rights’’. The Federation of Western Thra...
Happy 9 May Europe Day!
09.05.2023
ABTTF President: “The EU is founded on the values of democracy, equality, freedom, rule of law and respect for the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. On 9 May Europe Day, we, as the Turkish community in Western Thrace living in Greece, an old member of the EU, demand full respect for our rights and freedoms, and we call on ou...
Our video about the voting of Western Thrace Turks is on the air!
03.05.2023
The video prepared by the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) about the election system in the general elections which will be held in Greece on 21 May 2023 is now online! Let’s be in our region on 21 May, take care of our vote and our future! The video released by ABTTF on its YouTube channel and Fac...
Prime Minister Mitsotakis once again ignored the identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.04.2023
ABTTF President: “While Albania, which is not yet a member of the European Union, accepts and recognises the Greek minority living on its territory with its ethnic identity, we are described as a ‘‘Muslim’’ minority and our identity is denied in our country, which is an old member of the European Union, claiming to be ...
Question for written answer to the European Commission regarding hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
28.04.2023
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (France, Greens/EFA) submitted a question for written answer to the European Commission as regards hate speech and systematic discrimination targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece. In the question for written answer which was directed by MEP Alfonsi to the Europ...
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