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We condemn the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in Iserlohn, Germany!
05.01.2022
ABTTF President: “We condemn in the strongest possible way the outrageous attack on the Muslim cemetery in the city of Iserlohn, and we demand that the perpetrators be caught and brought to justice as soon as possible and given the punishment they deserve.” On the night of 1 January 2022, an attack was carried out on the Muslim cemet...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
24.12.2021
Action against rights violations and unlawful practices in the field of education from the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.12.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country, Greece, must now listen to the just demands we have made for years so that our children can have a better education, and establish a long-lasting dialogue with our community based on good faith to solve the issues.” The Turkish community in Western Thrace organised an action to draw attention to the iss...
The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs ignored the Turkish community in Western Thrace once again
14.12.2021
ABTTF President: “Our country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dendias will hopefully visit the provinces of Rodopi and Xanthi in the future and meet with our elected leaders of our community, who make up the majority of the population in the province of Rodopi and almost half of the population in the province of Xanthi.” Gr...
Situation and issues of the Muslim community in Greece were discussed at ABTTF’s programme titled “Facts about our Country”
13.12.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) launched its online programme series titled “Facts about our Country” on 10 December 2021. Anna Stamou, Public Relations Officer of the Muslim Association of Greece, was the guest of the first programme, which was held exclusively at the occasion of the International Human Righ...
ABTTF attended the conference on Greece’s policy of non-execution of ECtHR judgments organised by the Xanthi Turkish Union
13.12.2021
The Xanthi Turkish Union (XTU), the oldest association of the Turkish community in Western Thrace which was founded in 1927 but closed in 1986 by the Greek national courts on grounds of the word ‘Turkish’ in its name, held an online conference titled “Greece’s Policy of Non-Execution of ECtHR Judgments regarding the Turkish ...
Happy International Human Rights Day!
10.12.2021
ABTTF President: “On this special day marking the 73rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we demand that our country ends the violations of the fundamental rights and systematic discrimination suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece and to fully respect the principles of democracy a...
ABTTF launches the programme series titled “Facts about our Country” on the International Human Rights Day
09.12.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) launches a new online programme series titled “Facts about our Country” on 10 December 2021 at the occasion of the International Human Rights Day. The programme series, which will be broadcast live on the Zoom platform, will focus on human rights and the state of democracy in G...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended the UN Forum on Minority Issues
06.12.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended the 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues titled “Conflict Prevention and the Protection of the Human Rights of Minorities&r...
The final report of the Commission for the Development of Thrace was disappointing for the Turkish community in Western Thrace
06.12.2021
ABTTF President: “We would like to point out that we strongly reject the final report of the commission, which does not consider the rightful demands of our community, consists only of empty promises rather than concrete proposals for the development of the region and clearly serves a different purpose.” The final report of the Commi...
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