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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...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace, which Greece still denies its ethnic Turkish identity, always faces discrimination
24.11.2021
ABTTF President: “We have been exposed to the sharpest discrimination in political, social and economic areas in our country for years. Just as there are Greek-Albanian citizens living in Albania, we live in our country as Greek citizens of Turkish descent, and we want our rights to be respected without being subjected to discrimination.&rdqu...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar
18.11.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the Human Dimension Seminar entitled “Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Girls” organised by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on 16-17 November 2021. D...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Athens
17.11.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Athens, Greece, on 16-17 November 2021. President Halit Habip Oğlu and Vice-President Mustafa Kasap, who travelled to Athens as the first act of the ABTTF 21st Presidium, had a series of meetings within the framework of the working visit in Athens which is the actual p...
Hate crimes targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace included within the OSCE 2020 Hate Crimes Report
16.11.2021
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published the 2020 Hate Crimes Report. The section related to Greece in the report, which includes information on hate crime incidents in states in the OSCE region and statistics on them, also includes hate motivated attacks and...
The Greek political parties are again in a hurry to collect the votes of the Turkish community in Western Thrace before the elections!
12.11.2021
ABTTF President: “We make up almost half the population in Western Thrace, but we are constantly treated as stepchildren by our country. All the problems will be solved once our country sees us as equal before the law. Indeed, strength comes from unity, and we can only overcome these challenges, whether they are political or economic, togethe...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace demands full respect for its freedom of religion
08.11.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Following the decision of the Council of State, it has emerged that there is a need for the Parliament to update the 1981 law or to enact a new law which would allow the sacrificial rites in accordance to religious duties and which would fully respect the freedom of religion of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and the...
Greece among the ten countries with the most complaints against it at the ECtHR
04.11.2021
ABTTF President: “As the judge from our country at the ECtHR, Ioannis Ktistakis, made it clear, our country should execute immediately ECtHR judgments against it as regards the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases where Western Thrace Turkish associations are included and thus end a 13-year long weakness for itself.” The Europ...
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