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Stylianidis continued his discourse distorting the facts about the Turkish community in Western Thrace
20.02.2024
ABTTF President: “Stylianidis once again distorted the facts about our community, ignored the systematic violation of our community’s rights, educational and religious autonomy for years, and tried to present it as if there it is something that does not exist’’. New Democracy (ND) Party Rodopi MP Evripidis Stylianidis hos...
Parallel report from ABTTF to the report of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
15.02.2024
ABTTF President: “With this parallel report that we submitted to the competent authorities of our country, we demand from the government to implement a real minority policy based on sincerity, acting with the understanding of ‘for our community, with our community, not ‘for our community, despite our community’, on issues an...
Resolution from the European Parliament on serious developments that threaten the rule of law in Greece
08.02.2024
ABTTF President: “A harsh warning has now come from the EP to our country, which has disregarded the rule of law by failing to execute three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the associations of our community for almost 16 years, despite all the warnings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. What suit...
Response from the European Commission to the question for written answer regarding the imposition of double-shift schooling in the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School
08.02.2024
The European Commission responded to the question for written answer titled “Double-shift schooling in Western Thrace” submitted by Members of the European Parliament (MEP) François Alfonsi (France, Greens /EFA), Loránt Vincze (Romania, EPP), Herbert Dorfmann (Italy, EPP) and Yana Toom (Estonia, Renew) on 14 November 2023....
The issues of the Western Thrace Turks were conveyed at the United Nations
07.02.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), which is in a special consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council, representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended the 87th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on 5-6 February 2024 in Geneva, Sw...
Deputy Prime Minister Marinakis: The government has taken very important steps for the rule of law, human rights and press freedom
07.02.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country’s persistent failure to execute the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights with respect to our three associations in the Bekir-Ousta and Others Group of Cases for almost 16 years is a clear proof that it disregards the principle of the rule of law and the values of the EU, of which it has been a me...
The guest of the ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ programme was Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes
01.02.2024
The twelfth part of the online programme series of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) titled ‘‘Facts about Our Country’’ was broadcast on 1 February 2024. Former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes, who had visited Western Thrace in 2019, was the guest of...
Strong criticism of Greece regarding the rule of law in the European Parliament
23.01.2024
ABTTF President: “Our country, which became a member of the EU in 1981, continues its attitude of disregarding the principle of the rule of law by persistently not executing three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the associations of our community for the past 15 years. The truth is plainly obvious. Our country must no...
Blockage from Greece in Albania’s EU accession process
18.01.2024
ABTTF President: “The rule of law must be fully and completely respected not only by EU candidate countries but also by current EU Member States. Unfortunately, our country Greece does not respect this principle. There are three ECtHR judgments waiting to be executed since 2008, and our country persistently fails to execute the ECtHR judgment...
Written contribution from ABTTF to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission
15.01.2024
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) sent its written contribution to the 2024 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission. ABTTF, which participated in the online targeted stakeholder consultation initiated by the European Commission and open to non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders in EU Member States for the...
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