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ABTTF’s contribution to Ministry of Education’s draft amendment on pilot practice regarding teaching of English in kindergartens
08.05.2020
ABTTF President: “It is impossible to teach Greek or English without having lessons in mother tongue. With the authorisation to the establishment of bilingual Turkish kindergartens, children belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace will be able to choose between state schools where Turkish is taught or Turkish kindergartens”...
In Western Thrace, it was hindered to play the Ramadan drum!
30.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We want this and other similar malicious actions harming the peaceful coexistence of Turks and Greeks in Western Thrace for centuries to end immediately.” During the holy month of Ramadan in which we are, prohibitive actions against the traditional and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrac...
Turkish imam in Western Thrace was called to testify at police station!
27.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: ‘We call on the Greek authorities to immediately end their attempts targeting religious and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrace under the pretext of tackling the virus outbreak’. An imam belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in Greece was called to testify on grounds of having l...
Greece is continuing to designate by appointment the administration boards of the foundations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace
16.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to immediately stop the practice of designating the appointments of the administration boards of the foundations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and renew our request for the foundations’ administration boards to be elected.” The mandate of the appoint...
Azan debate in Western Thrace
15.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The Greek authorities should refrain from practices that would lead to a violation of the freedom of religion of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, using the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic.” Within the framework of a joint decision taken by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and ...
Documentary film about the Turkish community in Western Thrace on Al Jazeera Television
09.04.2020
A documentary film about the Turkish community in Western Thrace was aired on 8 April 2020 on the English language channel of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Television. The documentary film was filmed by Al Jazeera reporter and documentary film director Glenn Ellis who visited Western Thrace from 28 February to 7 March 2020. In the documenta...
Parallel report from ABTTF to ministry's report on attacks on religious areas in Greece
07.04.2020
ABTTF President: ‘With this parallel report, our goal is to have a dialogue with the rulers of our country and have a say in matters that directly concern our problems’. As a response to the report published on 19 December 2019 by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs titled ‘Incidents in areas of religious impo...
We condemn the arbitrary imam appointments to the mosques in Komotini and Sapes!
06.04.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We strongly disapprove these appointments made by the Appointed Deputy Mufti of Rodopi, who is not recognized by the Turkish community in Western Thrace, which ignores the will of our people and intends to divide our community.” The Appointed Deputy Mufti of Rodopi Cihat Halil, who has been designated by the Greek ...
Parallel report by ABTTF to the Greece 2019 Human Rights Report
01.04.2020
In its parallel report, ABTTF expressed the problems experienced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the field of human and minority rights. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) prepared a parallel report as a response to the explanations related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the Greece 2018 Human Ri...
Racist statements from the Greek Solution Party President Velopoulos!
27.03.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The racist remarks of Velopoulos, the head of the far-right Greek Solution Party, targeted the Turkish community in Western Thrace in relation to the quarantine of the village of Echinos are not wise. We should avoid planting the seeds of hatred in society in the fight against this virus that threatens all of humanity regar...
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