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Western Thrace Turks elected the new mufti in Xanthi
09.09.2022
As ABTTF, we sincerely congratulate Mustafa Trampa, who has been elected as the new mufti of Xanthi and wish him outstanding success in this important duty that we believe he will fulfil properly, and we offer him our support. The Turkish community in Western Thrace held elections during Friday prayers on 9 September 2022, using its treaty right...
The Court of Cassation rejected once again the request for the execution of the ECtHR judgments as regards the Western Thrace Turkish associations!
02.09.2022
ABTTF President: “After rejecting the request of the Xanthi Turkish Union to be restored to its official legal entity in June 2021, the Court of Cassation has now made a political decision again by rejecting the registration request of our other two associations. As ABTTF, we will continue to stand by our two associations in their legal strug...
Double standards against the Turkish community in Western Thrace regarding freedom of association in our country
01.09.2022
ABTTF President: “While an association titled ‘Armenian’ can legally operate in our region and organise an event in cooperation with the municipality, our associations bearing the word ‘Turkish’ are being closed down. When it comes to the Western Thrace Turks in our country, freedom of association is immediately shelve...
As tensions rise in the country before possible early elections, the danger grows in our region
31.08.2022
ABTTF President: “As the Turkish community, we always try to be calm and restrained against those who want to ignite the flame. But how long will our country’s rulers continue to ignore the situation in the region? Doesn’t the government realize how big the danger potential is if the similar incidents occur within the borders of K...
We strongly condemn the racist attack on a Turkish youth in Xanthi!
29.08.2022
As the Presidium and whole family of ABTTF, we strongly condemn this racist and heinous attack on our youth and extend our best wishes to him and his family. Racist and hate-motivated attacks targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its members threaten the atmosphere of peace in our region and harm the peaceful coexistence. We call on...
Greece tries to cover up wiretapping scandal
25.08.2022
ABTTF President: „The wiretapping scandal has once again demonstrated beyond doubt the power of the deep state in our country, and the principles of democracy and the rule of law have been completely ignored as a result of the illegal wiretapping. The Turkish community in Western Thrace, which the deep state sees as a threat and danger to nat...
Written statement by ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
19.08.2022
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement to the 51st session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council titled ‘‘A further violation of the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece with the Act on Modernization of the Muftiates’’. In its written ...
Reflections of the ceremony in the historical Sümela Monastery on the Greek Orthodox minority and the Turkish community in Western Thrace
17.08.2022
ABTTF President: “Our country should take as an example the policy of tolerance of our motherland towards the non-Muslim minorities within its borders, especially the Greek Orthodox minority, and draw lessons from it. Our country, which is far from fulfilling even the minimum standards on religious tolerance and the right to worship, aims to ...
Scandalous statement by Second Deputy Speaker of the Greek Parliament Athanasiou
12.08.2022
ABTTF President: “Whatever the dervish’s idea is, it is his chant’, that is, what the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. We are perceived as a threat to national security and public order in our own country! Unfortunately, this perception is not limited to Athanasiou! This is the mentality of the state, the perception in today&rsquo...
Wiretapping scandal shows the influence of the deep state in Greece in the country’s governance
11.08.2022
ABTTF President: ‘‘While in real democracies, national minorities are considered as a source of wealth within a multicultural and multilingual structure, in our country the issue of national minorities and of that of the Turkish community in Western Thrace is taboo and treated as a threat to national security and public order! For this ...
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