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Greek Orthodox minority population is increasing in Gökçeada and Bozcaada
02.10.2024
ABTTF President: “With the permission of our motherland Türkiye, the Greek Orthodox minority population on the island increased significantly with the opening of a private Greek primary school for only 3 children in Gökçeada in 2013, followed by the opening of a private Greek secondary and high school in 2015. If our country ...
ABTTF attended the 68th FUEN Congress in Germany
23.09.2024
At the FUEN Assembly of Delegates, the resolution on the violation of the freedom of association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace was adopted. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, attended the 68th annual congress of the Federal Union of European Nat...
ABTTF submitted two written statements to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
20.09.2024
ABTTF brought the defamatory campaign targeting the political representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the dissolution of the FEP Party to the UN agenda The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted two written statements titled ‘‘Demand for Dissolution of the Friendship, Equality and ...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls on Greece to fully respect the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
19.09.2024
ABTTF President: “In the media of our country, there is a deliberate attempt to distort the issue, claiming that the relevant resolution reflects a distorted image of the situation of our community. Similar to the way our country raises the issues and rights of the Greek minority in Albania before the European Union, of which it is a member, ...
Greece is the third worst country in the EU in terms of material and social deprivation
17.09.2024
ABTTF President: “Recognising that every individual has the right to an adequate standard of living for the health and well-being of himself and his family, the government should use all economic means at its disposal effectively and efficiently in the fight against poverty in our country and urgently implement development policies that will ...
Hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
11.09.2024
ABTTF President: “Hate speech targeting vulnerable groups and their members, including national minorities within the EU, constitutes a serious issue today, not only on social media but also in traditional print and broadcast media. In our country, prominent representatives of our community, rights defenders and organisations have been subjec...
Another blow to the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace!
06.09.2024
ABTTF President: “The new principal appointments made by bypassing the boards in our two schools are the latest example of the violation of our educational autonomy through various laws and arbitrary practices for years’’. New school principals were appointed to Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School and Komotini Cel...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis: Greece will continue to take a close interest in the ethnic Greek minority in Albania
03.09.2024
ABTTF President: “While Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis criticises Albania for not respecting the rule of law, we expect the same sensitivity for our community, which has been systematically discriminated and whose rights have been violated for decades in our country, a member of the EU since 1981. Before lecturing other countries on...
Greek Ombudsman drew attention to the violations of the rule of law in the country
28.08.2024
ABTTF President: “Despite the change of governments, our country has not executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases for more than 16 years. Consciously politicising these judgments and constantly playing for time despite all the warnings of the Committee of Ministers of the Counci...
Religious ceremony in the historical Sümela Monastery and religious freedoms and rights of the Turkish community in Western Thrace that are violated
21.08.2024
ABTTF President: “We would hope that the latest positive developments in the bilateral relations between our country and our motherland would have a positive impact on our community in practice and that it would not remain just as empty words and statements by the governing politician of our country. Unfortunately, this is not the case! Our c...
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