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Condemnation
03.11.2020
A terrorist attack took place in Vienna, Austria, on Monday night, 2 November 2020 at 6 different locations. The attack which took place one day before the lockdown was set to be put in place as a result of increasing number of coronavirus cases took place in Vienna’s First District near a synagogue by long-barrelled assailants killed 3 civil...
Another statement from Secretary-General Kalantzis targeting the Turkish community in Western Thrace
30.10.2020
ABTTF President: “This insidious policy of the state aims at children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace to lose their identity by preventing them from learning their mother tongue Turkish and to be assimilated. Secretary-General Kalantzis is in the position of having practiced this insidious policy for years”. ...
ABTTF attended the FUEN Assembly of Delegates 2020
26.10.2020
ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party represented the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the meeting which was held online. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the Assembly of Delegates of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) which was organised online due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic o...
ABTTF attended the OSCE Webinar on access to information and freedom of the media
22.10.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) continues to attend webinar series entitled ‘Three decades of upholding democracy and human rights’ organised by Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in cooperation with the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and the Office of the H...
ABTTF attended the public hearing of the European Parliament addressing the ‘Minority Safepack’ initiative
21.10.2020
During the hearing, the proposals of the “Minority Safepack” initiative on how the EU law could promote minority rights, and linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe were presented The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended on 15 October 2020 the public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiativ...
ABTTF submitted its proposals to the Committee for the Development of Thrace
20.10.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Our country can be seen as a ship and everyone living in this country are those pursuing their lives in the same ship. If there is a crack at any point in the ship, if it is broken, the whole ship will sink over time’. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) submitted to the the Inter-Party Pa...
The religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace ignored once more!
19.10.2020
ABTTF President: “The words used by the Secretary General Kalantzis at the Commission for the Development of Thrace once again showed that the Greek state is not willing to engage in a sincere and direct dialogue with the Turkish community in Western Thrace with a constructive and realistic approach.” The Secretary General of Greece&...
Xanthi Turkish Union’s case was discussed at the Court of Cassation
16.10.2020
ABTTF President: ‘We wish the Court of Cassation to take decisions that are in conformity with ECtHR case law and international human rights law. Indeed, states parties to the European Convention on Human Rights are obliged to act in accordance with ECtHR judgments and ECtHR case law’. Xanthi Turkish Union’s recourse for ...
ABTTF attended the OSCE webinar on rule of law
15.10.2020
During the online seminar, ABTTF asked for the full implementation of ECtHR judgments by the OSCE participating States. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace attended on 14 October 2020 the third series of online seminars (webinars) entitled “Three decades of upholding...
Discriminatory speech from MP Stylianidis at the Commission for the Development of Thrace
15.10.2020
ABTTF President: “The words used by the MP Stylianidis in the speech he made at the Commission for the Development of Thrace are clear proof that in Greece, the Turkish community in Western Thrace is seen as the ‘other’ and considered as a ‘threat.’” In the speech he delivered at the meeting of the inter...
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