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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21.03.2023
ABTTF President: “The fight against racism and racial discrimination is of urgent importance, and steps should be taken in this regard, not in words but in substance. Indeed, as we always say it, while our country’s rulers are trying to create another reality to cover up the systematic discrimination our community has been subjected to ...
Nasty statements before the upcoming elections
15.03.2023
ABTTF President: “Ramadan is sacred for the Islamic world, and it continues to be kept alive for the Turkish community in Western Thrace as a religious and cultural tradition with iftars and other events. Just as important religious days of other well-known religions in our country are respected and even celebrated by others, the same respect...
Western Thrace Turkish Delegation at OSCE
14.03.2023
At the meeting which was focusing on media freedom, ABTTF and WTMUGA indicated that political discourse and actions also shape the media and pointed out that the news targeting Western Thrace Turks and hate speech in the media have increased. The Western Thrace Turkish delegation, consisting of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (A...
Attack on a Jehovah’s Witness church in Germany
10.03.2023
A church belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses was attacked in Hamburg, Germany. According to initial reports, 7 people lost their lives and 8 were injured due to the fire opened by the attackers at the church on Deelböge Street in the GroßBorstel district. On behalf of the Presidium of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europ...
MEPs concerned about the challenges to EU values in Greece!
09.03.2023
ABTTF President: ‘‘The messages delivered by the MEPs whom are members of the LIBE Committee are extremely important. It shows that our country Greece is moving away from EU values and is moving in a different direction instead of applying principles such as democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights.’’ A delegation ...
ABTTF President meets with Members of the Bundestag in Berlin
02.03.2023
Examples of hate speech targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace were conveyed in the meetings held within the scope of the working visit. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to the capital of Germany, Berlin, on 1 March 2023. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu met with German Bundestag depu...
Prosecutor of Rodopi filed a lawsuit for the revocation of the registration of the Western Thrace Fenerbahçe Association
02.03.2023
ABTTF President: “The lawsuit filed to revoke the registration of this association, which is only a supporters’ association, is a sign of how strong the attitudes, prejudices and stereotypes towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace are at every level, including the judiciary. We will all continue to follow the issue, and we will ...
Disastrous train accident in our country
01.03.2023
There was a disastrous train accident in our country Greece. Last night, a passenger train from the capital Athens to Thessaloniki and a freight train from Thessaloniki to Larissa collided outside the city of Larissa. According to the first statements, thirty-two people died and dozens were injured in the disastrous train accident. As the Presid...
Will the approach of Greece, which has come to the aid of Türkiye, change as regards the Turkish community in Western Thrace?
01.03.2023
ABTTF President: “I hope that our country will show the well-intentioned and human-centered approach it has shown in the earthquakes in Türkiye towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace which constitute its own citizens. We want our country to abandon its attitude that perceives us as a threat to the integrity and public order of t...
MeRA25 introduced the party programme on the minority policy towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace with a Turkish brochure
27.02.2023
ABTTF President: “The problems of our community and our rightful demands for the solution of our issues have been taken into account with such clear expressions for the first time by a political party represented in the national assembly. I hope the rulers of our country will get the necessary messages from this exemplary step of MeRA25.&rdqu...
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