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Working visit by ABTTF to Strasbourg
30.08.2021
Within the scope of the working visit, the non-execution of ECtHR judgments regarding Western Thrace Turkish associations by Greece was brought to the agenda, and current developments regarding the Turkish community in Western Thrace were conveyed. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Strasbourg, where...
Xronos: ‘Areios Pagos: Muslim citizens are Greek, not Turkish’
27.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘As members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we are Greek citizens of ethnic Turkish origin, just like Albanian citizens of ethnic Greek origin. So even though our existence is denied, whether they use the law to politicise it, the truth is clear. As citizens of this country, we live as Turks in our own country. Th...
Written statement from ABTTF to the UN Human Rights Council
24.08.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) presented a written statement titled ‘The limitations in civil rights granted to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece’ to the 48th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council which will be held from 13 September to 1 October 2021. In its written statement, A...
Primary and Secondary Degree Schools Regional Director Konstantinos Bandikos: ‘Education can be continued with an increase in the number of students in the future in schools whose activities have been suspended’
17.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘If the number of students increases, it is stated that the schools will reopen, but in practice this does not happen for our schools. According to the legislation, a school that has been suspended for two years in a row is closed indefinitely’. Xronos newspaper reported on 17 August 2021 that ‘Xilagani (Kuşlan...
Racist attack on refugees’ homes in Crete
16.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Given the huge wave of migration from Afghanistan, and in the event that a sound immigration and asylum policy is not implemented, the likelihood that racist attacks such as the one that took place in Crete are perpetrated in other parts of the country will only increase’ A racist attack was carried out on refugees ...
Evripidis Stylianidis: ‘Where there’s even one Greek, there’s all of Greece’
09.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘If Stylianidis says that every Greek person living in different countries represents the whole of the Greek nation and culture, how come he continues to impose the term ‘Muslim Minority’ by referring to the Treaty of Lausanne and denies the ethnic Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace living...
Unbelievable statements from the authorities of our country about our 12 primary schools to be closed in Western Thrace!
04.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Since you implement Lausanne totally, how come you are closing our schools, not those of the state, on grounds of shortage of students?’ With the decision of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace State Regional Directorate of First and Second Degree Schools dated 30 July 2021, statements from the authorities of our count...
Astronomical fine for mosque in Turkish village in Greece!
03.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘It is absolutely impossible to say that the astronomical fine imposed on the village trustees for allegedly converting the old school building into a mosque in the Turkish village of ten households Mikra Tímbanon (Küçük Davutlu) is proportionate. We hope that the authorities will respond positively to...
12 more Turkish primary schools to close in the new school year
02.08.2021
ABTTF President: “Although the Lausanne Peace Treaty grants the right to establish, manage and control its own schools by recognising autonomous status in the field of education, Turkish primary schools belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace continue to be closed on the grounds of shortage of students and as a further example of...
The foundation estate belonging to the Turkish community in Kos has been put up for sale by the appointed Charitable Foundation Administration!
02.08.2021
ABTTF President: ‘We request this sale which is in violation of the legislation on the foundation adminstration to be stopped and demand that the administration of the foundations in Rhodes and Kos take office through elections and not by appointment’. In the Dodecanese region of our country Greece and on the island of Kos, the...
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