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A new example of disrespect to Ottoman-Turkish monuments from the authorities of our country
04.11.2022
ABTTF President: “Our country’s authorities are continuing their reckless and disrespectful attitude towards the historical monuments inherited from the Ottoman Empire by converting the historical Murat Reis Complex on Rhodes Island into a music faculty. Our country should take the practices of our motherland as an example in protecting...
Lawsuit for the cancellation of the Western Thrace Fenerbahçe Association
24.10.2022
ABTTF President: “Kakoulidis, whom is someone from our region, harms the peaceful coexistence culture in our region by portraying it as if there is an issue. First of all, Kakoulidis should act responsibly as the head of a non-governmental organisation, and should encourage friendship and brotherhood in our region, not othering, in his statem...
Chairman of the Special Permanent Committee on monitoring the judgments of the ECtHR Charakopoulos: Greece’s record of ECtHR judgments is not honourable
21.10.2022
ABTTF President: “While examining the issues pertaining to the execution of the ECtHR judgments, I would like to remind Charakopoulos of the Bekir-Ousta cases, which have been pending to be executed for 14 years. In particular, we expect Charakopoulos to bring this issue to the parliamentary agenda before the Committee of Ministers of the Cou...
Our country continues its practices that violate the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.10.2022
As ABTTF, we underline that the law dated 29 July 2022, which aims to completely eliminate our religious autonomy, is null and void for the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and we call on our country to comply with the treaties to which it is a party regulating our religious autonomy and to immediately end its unilateral practices on the mufti ...
Former Greek President again ignores the facts
18.10.2022
ABTTF President: “I would like to ask our former president: Does our country, which wants to establish full control and supervision over our muftis with the law adopted by the parliament in July 2022, fully comply with the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne, which guarantees our religious autonomy? Is it our country, which has not executed ...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Strasbourg
12.10.2022
During its working visit, ABTTF insisted on the non-execution of the ECtHR judgments on the associations of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by Greece and conveyed the current developments regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg on 11-12...
Other manipulative statements from MEP Kefalogiannis as regards the Treaty of Lausanne
11.10.2022
ABTTF President: “Kefalogiannis pursued his habit of deliberately distorting the facts by interpreting the Treaty of Lausanne in a biased way in the articles he wrote, as well as in the written question he submitted to the European Commission.” Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Manolis Kefalogiannis (EPP-Christian Democrats) ha...
Stylianidis continued his discourse of denial on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
04.10.2022
ABTTF President: “Our names are Hasan, Fatma and the language of instruction in our schools is Turkish. But heaven knows why, according to our country, we are not Turks.” New Democracy Party (NDP) Rodopi Deputy Evripidis Stylianidis, in his article published in Ta Nea newspaper on 1 October 2022, made some assessments with respect to...
National minorities across Europe came together in Berlin at the 66th FUEN Congress
03.10.2022
ABTTF Vice President Nabi İbrahimcik was elected as FUEN Vice President after ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu, who served as FUEN Vice President for three terms in the Assembly of Delegates. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace and a member of the Federal Union of Europea...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Conference
29.09.2022
At the conference, ABTTF raised the current issues of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its increasing targeting in politics and media. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, participated in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dime...
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