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Possible dialogue process between Turkey and Greece
29.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We do hope that issues pertaining to the Turkish community in Western Thrace will be tackled within the framework of talks between our country Greece and our motherland Turkey.” Following the explanation by İbrahim Kalın, Spokesman for the Presidency of Turkey which is the motherland of Western Thrace Turks t...
EU Leaders finally agreed on the COVID-19 economic recovery programme
22.07.2020
ABTTF President: ‘Western Thrace which has been ignored for years regarding economic development should be provided the necessary economic assistance by declaring it a priority region as a result of the economic results created by the pandemic’. After four days of negotiations at the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, the European ...
Statement regarding the border gates from the Union of Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
10.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We request from the Greek authorities to allow controlled crossings through all the border gates in Western Thrace and to refrain from decisions which would negatively affect the economy of the region.” The mayors of Eastern-Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece took joint decisions with respect to border cro...
The Turkish community in Western Thrace has been discriminated again!
08.07.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “Our country Greece pursues its official policy of denying the existence of the Turkish community in Western Thrace by ignoring the Turkish press which is operating within the framework of the laws in Western Thrace.” In order to inform the citizens regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Greece, the Government Spokes...
ABTTF attended OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
24.06.2020
At the online meeting, ABTTF expressed the problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of expression, media and freedom of information. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended this year’s second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on ‘Freedom of Expression, Media and Inform...
EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency’s 2020 Fundamental Rights Report released
15.06.2020
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union (EU) published its 2020 Fundamental Rights Report on 11 June 2020. The report assesses major developments and ongoing obstacles to the protection of human rights in 2019 in EU Member States and EU candidate countries North Macedonia and Serbia. This year’s report focuses on ho...
U.S. 2019 International Religious Freedom Report released
12.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘As every year, we will prepare a report parallel to the U.S. report on Greece and convey the views of our community to the U.S. authorities with respect to our problems which have been described superficially, incompletely or incorrectly in the report’. The 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom of th...
ABTTF attended to the webinar on COVID-19 and Minorities
10.06.2020
ABTTF participates online meetings and expresses the difficulties faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace during the pandemic The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) participated in the webinar series on ‘Minorities and COVID-19’ organised by Bolzano, Italy- based EURAC Research, the Institute for Minority R...
In Greece, which holds the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Turkish community in Western Thrace has been facing discrimination for decades!
05.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece which constantly prides itself in being the ‘cradle of democracy’ to immediately implement the ECtHR judgments with respect to the Western Thrace Turkish associations and to fully respect the rights and freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace.” Greece took...
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was in Western Thrace
01.06.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We, Turks were ignored during the visit of the President!’ Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid an official visit to Western Thrace on 28-30 May. Sakellaropoulou which began her visit on Thursday 28 May in Xanthi, went to Komotini on Friday and visited her hometown Stavroupoli (Yeniköy) on Saturday. W...
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