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A new blow to the educational autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace!
30.07.2021
ABTTF President: ‘Our country Greece continues its unilateral policies and practices aimed at completely eliminating our educational autonomy. A discriminatory law submitted and adopted by the Ministry of Education to the Parliament is the latest example of this and we demand that the law be amended to include the Western Thrace Turkish...
While our country Greece celebrates the anniversary of the restoration of democracy, repressive policies towards the Turkish community in Western Thrace continue
27.07.2021
ABTTF President: “It is evident that the values of liberal democracy in our country do not apply to the Turkish community in Western Thrace through the rights violations and discrimination which has increased and that we have faced since that time and the years after.” Our country Greece celebrated the 47th anniversary of the restora...
We are “Turks” in Western Thrace, and we want this to be respected
23.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Just as our country recognised us as ‘Turks’ from 1923 to 1983, we demand that it recognises us in the same way as ‘Turks’ and we are struggling for it.” The New Democracy Party (YDP) MP Evripidis Stylianidis from Rodopi once again used expressions targeting the Turkish community in Western T...
Western Thrace Turks attended the third OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the year
14.07.2021
During the meeting, the Western Thrace Turkish delegation comprised of representatives from ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party expressed the rights violations and the discriminations faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the digital age. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Gradu...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace demands that its freedom of association is respected
13.07.2021
ABTTF President: “Starting in 1983, in line with the policy of denial by our country of the Turkish identity of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, first the Xanthi Turkish Union and then one by one our associations bearing the word ‘Turkish’ were closed down. We ask our country to comply with its obligations arising from int...
Greece’s Court of Cassation again rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Union for the reinstatement of its legal status!
02.07.2021
ABTTF President: “The Court of Cassation’s decision on the Xanthi Turkish Union which has been struggling for justice for 38 years showed once again that our country Greece disregards the principles of democracy and the rule of law.” Greece’s Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) rejected the appeal of the Xanthi Turkish Unio...
ABTTF attended FRA’s online meeting on disinformation and human rights
30.06.2021
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the online meeting entitled “How to tackle disinformation? Communicating human rights in the digital age” organised by the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 28-29 June 2021. Deniz Servantie from the ABTTF Brussels Office participated in the event ...
Greek authorities reject the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for mosques and cemeteries!
25.06.2021
ABTTF President: “Reminding our country Greece of its obligations in the field of freedom of religion and worship, we invite the Greek authorities to immediately respond positively to the applications of Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki for a mosque and cemetery.” The Western Thrace Turks living in Thessaloniki, the second...
Western Thrace Turkish delegation attended FUEN TAG’s 2nd thematic seminar
24.06.2021
The Western Thrace Turkish delegation composed of the representatives of ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party explained the rights violations suffered by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and its current problems. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the ...
Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete is sentenced to 15 months in prison
18.06.2021
ABTTF President: “As ABTTF representing the Western Thrace Turks living in Europe, we condemn in the strongest terms this unjust prison sentence decision given by the court against our esteemed mufti Ahmet Mete, and call on our country to immediately cease its oppressive practices against our muftis and respect our religious freedom.” ...
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