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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...
Working visit to Western Thrace from ABTTF Presidium
16.03.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Western Thrace, Greece. ABTTF delegation, formed by ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF Vice President Sami Yusuf visited the offices of the Muftis elected by the Turkish community in Western Thrace and had meetings with the Mufti of Rhodope and the President of...
Greece 2019 Human Rights Report by U.S. Department of State released
13.03.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The report, which has given even less room to the problems of the Western Thrace Turks than in previous years, addresses the problems with a superficial approach. As ABTTF, as every year, we will prepare a report on the problems experienced by Western Thrace Turks in the field of human and minority rights and communicate it...
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis visited Western Thrace
28.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We ask our country Greece to engage in direct dialogue with the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to find solutions for our problems in consultation with us.” The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the provinces of Rhodope and Evros on 25-26 February 2020. Mitsotakis, who attended the mee...
4 months prison sentence imposed on the Elected Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete
27.02.2020
As ABTTF representing the Western Thrace Turks living in Europe, we call on our country Greece to fully respect the religious autonomy and freedom of religion of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and to recognize our elected muftis. The Mufti of Xanthi Ahmet Mete elected by the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece, was sentenced to...
Statement by Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs regarding Hellenism during her visit to Istanbul
20.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Turkish community in Western Thrace, we demand an immediate end to the practices eliminating our religious and educational autonomy guaranteed by the treaties.” The Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Niki Kerameus visited the religious and educational institutions of the Greek Orthodox m...
Greek President’s statement on the Turkish community in Western Thrace
12.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Western Thrace Turks, we were in this region before modern Greece was founded, we are still present today and we are Turks.” The Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos came on 10 February 2020 to Western Thrace upon the invitation of the Municipality of Maronia-Sapes (Maronya-Şapçı) in the Rhodope provi...
Legislative proposals of the Minority SafePack Initiative were presented to the European Commission
07.02.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “A historic step has been taken to establish a minority protection mechanism at the EU level by officially presenting the MSPI, which the Turkish community in Western Thrace has supported from the very beginning, to the European Commission.” The Minority SafePack European Citizens’ Initiative (MSPI) organized ...
Working visit by ABTTF to Brussels
04.02.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), on 4 February 2020. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu and ABTTF Vice-President Sami Yusuf were accompanied by Deniz Servantie from ABTTF Brussels Office. The ABTTF delegation had meetings with the members of the European...
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